A trust-centered approach for building e-voting systems

Authors:
A. Antoniou;C. Korakas;C. Manolopoulos;A. Panagiotaki;D. Sofotassios;P. Spirakis;Y. C. Stamatiou
Affiliations:
Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, N. Kazantzaki, University of Patras, Patras, Greece and University of Patras, Department of Computer Engineering, Patras, Greece;Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, N. Kazantzaki, University of Patras, Patras, Greece;Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, N. Kazantzaki, University of Patras, Patras, Greece;Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, N. Kazantzaki, University of Patras, Patras, Greece;Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, N. Kazantzaki, University of Patras, Patras, Greece;Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, N. Kazantzaki, University of Patras, Patras, Greece and University of Patras, Department of Computer Engineering, Patras, Greece;Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, N. Kazantzaki, University of Patras, Patras, Greece and Mathematics Department, 451 10, Ioannina, Greece
Venue:
EGOV'07 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Electronic Government
Year:
2007

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Abstract

eVoting is a challenging approach for increasing eParticipation. However, lack of citizens' trust seems to be a main obstacle that hinders its successful realization. In this paper we propose a trust-centered engineering approach for building eVoting systems that people can trust, based on transparent design and implementation phases. The approach is based on three components: the decomposition of eVoting systems into "layers of trust" for reducing the complexity of managing trust issues in smaller manageable layers, the application of a risk analysis methodology able to identify and document security critical aspects of the eVoting system, and a cryptographically secure eVoting protocol. Our approach is pragmatic rather than theoretical in the sense that it sidesteps the controversy that besets the nature of trust in information systems and starts with a working definition of trust as people's positive attitude towards a system that performs its operations transparently.