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Election Systems Security Assessment

Specialized security assessment for election systems and voting infrastructure, including hardware testing, software evaluation, and process validation.

In scope

  • Voting machine security testing
  • Ballot processing system review
  • Election management software assessment
  • Results transmission security
  • Audit log validation

You receive

  • Election system security report
  • Process validation documentation
  • Technical security analysis
  • Audit framework recommendations
  • Security enhancement roadmap

Tiers

Choose the depth.

Core Election Systems Assessment

$65K

Assessment for 1 jurisdiction: up to 2 equipment models (limit 'devices' = distinct models), configuration review of the election management software, ballot processing review, audit log validation and process walkthroughs. No hardware teardown.

devices
2
Sites
1
  • Security testing of up to 2 voting equipment models (external interfaces and configuration)
  • Election management software configuration review
  • Ballot processing system review
  • Audit log validation
  • Process validation documentation and security report
  • — Hardware teardown and firmware extraction
  • — Results transmission testing
  • — Custom test tooling
  • — Additional jurisdictions
Scope Core Election Systems Assessment

Advanced Election Security Program

$110K

Up to 5 equipment models and up to 3 jurisdictions. Adds hardware-level testing (ports, storage media, firmware extraction), results transmission security testing, and process validation of every stage from ballot definition to canvass.

devices
5
Sites
3
  • Hardware-level testing of up to 5 equipment models
  • Results transmission security testing
  • Election management software assessment
  • End-to-end process validation for up to 3 jurisdictions
  • Audit framework recommendations
  • Security enhancement roadmap
  • — Custom test harnesses and tooling
  • — Whole-system validation across all components
  • — Certification testing under any federal or state program
Scope Advanced Election Security Program

Enterprise Election Security Solution

$175K

Up to 10 equipment models and up to 10 jurisdictions, e.g. a statewide system. Adds custom test tooling built for the equipment in scope and validation of the whole system as deployed, including integrations between components.

devices
10
Sites
10
  • Everything in the Advanced program, for up to 10 models
  • Custom test tooling for the equipment in scope
  • Whole-system validation including component integrations
  • Audit framework design
  • Executive briefing for election officials
  • — Certification testing under any federal or state program
  • — Election-day monitoring or incident response
  • — Remediation by the equipment vendor
  • — Public disclosure handling
Scope Enterprise Election Security Solution

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What's inside this engagement

Phase by phase.

How a readiness & governance assessment engagement runs, what happens in each phase and what you see. Exact scope, tier and timeline are fixed in your proposal and SOW.

  1. 01Scoping & framework selection

    The standard or regulation, the systems and the business units in scope are fixed.

    You see · Your audit or regulatory driver.

  2. 02Evidence collection & interviews

    Policies, configurations and records reviewed; control owners interviewed.

    You see · Documents and time with control owners.

  3. 03Gap analysis

    Each requirement mapped to current state: met, partial or missing, with the evidence behind it.

    You see · A clear gap register.

  4. 04Roadmap & evidence plan

    Prioritized remediation with owners, and the evidence an auditor will ask for.

    You see · A plan you can execute or hand to us.

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From first call to final report.

  1. 01

    Scoping call

    A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.

  2. 02

    Proposal & rules of engagement

    A fixed-scope proposal with tier, price and deliverables. Rules of engagement, contacts and out-of-bounds systems are agreed in writing.

  3. 03

    Sign, then start

    MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.

  4. 04

    Execution

    Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.

  5. 05

    Report & debrief

    An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.

  6. 06

    Retest

    Where the tier includes it, we verify your fixes and reissue the report, so auditors and customers see the issues closed.

Timelines are set per engagement in the SOW.

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