I gave an invited talk "High-Assurance Technologies for Trustworthy Voting” at DreamPort.tech (@MdMisi) at the Elections Integrity 2020 conference. dreamport.tech/event-election… 1/9
@MdMisi This event was convened to help bootstrap conversations between private cybersecurity firms and government agencies responsible for protecting the 2020 election, such as @FBI, @DHSgov, @EACgov, and @US_CYBERCOM. 2/9
@MdMisi @FBI @DHSgov @EACgov @US_CYBERCOM I updated the audience about @Free_and_Fair's R&D on Risk-Limiting Audits #RLA for the CO SoS (), #ElectionGuard with @Microsoft, and the BESSPIN Voting System to demonstrate secure CPUs created in the @DARPA SSITH program. 3/9
@MdMisi @FBI @DHSgov @EACgov @US_CYBERCOM @free_and_fair @Microsoft @DARPA I was asked what my call-to-arms was for the 2020 election, given that our R&D will take years to impact voting machines in the U.S.A. unless there is a catastrophe in 2020 and Congress seriously evolves its attitude about elections integrity. Here it is... 4/9
@MdMisi @FBI @DHSgov @EACgov @US_CYBERCOM @free_and_fair @Microsoft @DARPA I strongly advocate that, in November 2020, we perform a Nationwide Risk-Limiting Audit for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. 5/9
@MdMisi @FBI @DHSgov @EACgov @US_CYBERCOM @free_and_fair @Microsoft @DARPA A nationwide RLA (1) is the only way to objectively prove to a candidate that they lost, (2) will detect foreign or domestic interference, and (3) will create evidence about the veracity of outcomes for thousands of other down-ballot races. 6/9
@MdMisi @FBI @DHSgov @EACgov @US_CYBERCOM @free_and_fair @Microsoft @DARPA I think that this is doable with the technology we have today and would cost about as much as a single large statewide recount. Congress must decide that this would be a huge win for trustworthy elections in 2020 and mandate and fund the RLA for this single federal race. 7/9
@MdMisi @FBI @DHSgov @EACgov @US_CYBERCOM @free_and_fair @Microsoft @DARPA I look forward to hearing the reflections of @HouseAdm_Dems @Public_Citizen @VerifiedVoting @CenDemTech @CommonCause @BrennanCenter @DefendOurVotes @dailykos @MoveOn @CREDOMobile @SpeakerPelosi @senatemajldr @RonWyden @SenJeffMerkley @RepBonamici @repblumenauer 8/9
@MdMisi @FBI @DHSgov @EACgov @US_CYBERCOM @free_and_fair @Microsoft @DARPA @HouseAdm_Dems @Public_Citizen @VerifiedVoting @CenDemTech @CommonCause @BrennanCenter @dailykos @MoveOn @CREDOMobile @SpeakerPelosi @senatemajldr @RonWyden @SenJeffMerkley @RepBonamici @repblumenauer ...and my colleagues who work or report on elections integrity @marianschneider @JoeBeOne @jhalderm @JoeUchill @briankrebs @jeffstone500 @lizlhoward @Segreenhalgh @Joseph_Marks_ @timstarks @apblake @mchalfant16 @AlexaCorse @jennycohn1 @ericgeller @mattblaze @philipbstark 9/fin
