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
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
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
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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.
01Scoping & framework selection
The standard or regulation, the systems and the business units in scope are fixed.
You see · Your audit or regulatory driver.
02Evidence collection & interviews
Policies, configurations and records reviewed; control owners interviewed.
You see · Documents and time with control owners.
03Gap analysis
Each requirement mapped to current state: met, partial or missing, with the evidence behind it.
You see · A clear gap register.
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.
Commercials
From first call to final report.
- 01
Scoping call
A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.
- 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.
- 03
Sign, then start
MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.
- 04
Execution
Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.
- 05
Report & debrief
An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.
- 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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