Election Security and Economics: It's All About Eve

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A system's security must be understood with respect to the capabilities and be- haviors of an adversary Eve. It is often assumed in security analysis that Eve acts as ma- liciously as possible. From an economic perspective, Eve tries to maximize her utility in a game with other participants. The game's rules are determined by the system and its security mechanisms, but Eve can invent new ways of interacting with participants. We show that Eve can be used as an interface to explore the interplay between security and economics in the domain of elections. Through examples, we illustrate how reasoning from both disciplines may be combined to explicate Eve's motives and capabilities and how this analysis could be used for reasoning about the security and performance of elections. We also point to future research directions at the intersection of these disciplines.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Economics Working Paper Series ; No. 17/274

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Role of Economics; Role of Economists; Market for Economists ; Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines ; Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General
• Subject: Voting ; E-Voting ; Security

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Basin, David ; Gersbach, Hans ; Mamageishvili, Akaki ; Schmid, Lara ; Tejada, Oriol
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): ETH Zurich, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research
• (where): Zurich
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000183618
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/171717
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET