Jordi Puiggali, Vice President, Scytl, Spain
| Jordi Puiggali |
Author Biography Jordi Puiggali is vice president of the R&D department at Scytl since the formation of the company (2001). Prior to joining Scytl, he was the technical director for PKI and security projects at the IT department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. During this stage, he was a close collaborator of the e-voting research group at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where Dr. Andreu Riera (founder of Scytl) initiated his research and Scytl spin-off. At Scytl, Mr. Puiggali has continued this research leading a team of e-voting security experts and co-authoring numerous patents, articles and publications in this field. |
| Abstract One of the most difficult tasks when implementing an election by electronic means is how to implement a transparent audit process. In traditional elections voters, independent auditors and observers can directly audit the election process while it is happening. In e-voting processes there are not tangible means for auditing the process, since votes are represented in electronic formats and critical election processes are carried out in a logical dimension (i.e., computer programs). Standard audit measures, such as source code review or audit of log traces, could help auditors to verify the integrity of the voting processes, but fall short when monitoring the election processes while executed (e.g., decryption and counting of the votes). This talk will explain how cryptographic schemes are complementing traditional audit means for ensuring that the critical voting processes are behaving properly and not compromising the election integrity. |