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Episode 8.1 -- Harri Hursti makes me feel stupid about elections
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Harri Hursti is an internationally recognized expert on election security and was a focal point in two HBO specials on the subject: Hacking Democracy (2006) and Kill Chain: The Cyber Wars Against America's Elections. So when we decided to do a special issue on election security at Cyber Protection Magazine this year, getting an interview with him was high on our priority list. We didn't expect it to happen so early, but it's a great start.
Hursti runs the Voting Village program at DefCon every year in Las Vegas, under the sponsorship of the Election Integrity Foundation
In this longer-than-normal interview we got deep into whether the world's elections are secure (they aren't but it is getting better), what companies are producing secure technology for voting (they aren't), and how good intentions make voting insecure. Forget the coffee, get an adult drink and listen.
This is also the first episode of many this year to be sponsored by Safety National Insurance, providing protection for large organizations. Visit www.safetynational.com for more details.
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