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Since the growth of electronic voting systems in the United States after the year 2000, electronic voting products have received significant scrutiny and examination. Subsequently, studies and reports have identified vulnerabilities as well as demonstrated exploits for various versions of election systems. Many of these vulnerabilities are rooted in the poor key management and weak protection of the data stored on the removable media devices employed in these voting systems. In order to protect the integrity of an election, electronic voting systems should employ the design principles and structural components of the trusted platform module created by the Trusted Computing Group. Only by incorporating these principles and structures into the development and deployment of an election system, can voting systems have the ability to create a more trustworthy and, consequently, successful election. As a proof of principle, this paper offers an emulation of the trusted platform module and its capabilities which demonstrate how past vulnerabilities can be mitigated and exploits avoided.
A Thesis submitted to the Department of Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Advisory Committee
Alec Yasinsac, Professor Directing Thesis; Gary Tyson, Committee Member; Sudhir Aggarwal, Committee Member.
Publisher
Florida State University
Identifier
FSU_migr_etd-3159
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