Secure Web Based Voting System for the Case of Addis Ababa City: Securing Vote Data at Poll Stations, In the Wire and Data at Rest - Softcover

Birru, Amha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639171462 ISBN 13: 9783639171464

Publisher: VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

The aim of this book is illustrating how voting can be managed with lesser cost and in a secure way using ICT. E-Voting is becoming one of the supplemental voting mechanism in many countries for electing political leaders. The content of this book is proposing ideas and showing how to practice vote management system using web technologies. With in this framework, it raises the potential security vulnerabilities of web based voting system and the possible security algorithms for keeping the secrecy of vote and minimizing the risks throughout the process. This project is done based on an instance .i.e., for the case of Ethiopia, in particular to Addis Ababa city. Similar works in other countries are reviewed, and tried to implement viable solutions to the main problems. In democratic society, political leaders are assigned by public elections. The nature of election process is complex, error prone and mostly exposed to fraud. Ethiopia is not an exception to this problem. Supplementing the vote management system using secure web technology is greately credible to the success of the vote management process.

About this title

About the Author

In 1999,B.Sc degree in mathematics at Addis Ababa University.In 2003,M.Sc degree in Computer Science in the same University. For the last nine years,I have been working with the position of computer programmer in different organizations. Currently, I am working at UNITED BANK ,Addis Ababa, with the position of Senior System Analyst.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 3639171462
• ISBN 13: 9783639171464
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 96