How are Internet security issues addressed?
Several layers of security are employed to protect the election website. A) Votes are transmitted from the voters computer to a data center using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), the industry-standard encryption technology used to conduct financial transactions on the Web. B) The DirectVote data center incorporates an intrusion detection system and continuously monitors for suspicious activity and dynamically reacts to any known attempts. C) The voting website employs passive and active network monitoring and security monitoring services to detect and prevent unauthorized access. For instance, the election website application has been programmed and tested by third-party certified security professionals to defend against hacking vulnerabilities such as session hijacking, SQL injection, and cross-site scripting. D) The website server and its applications have gone through extensive hardening and testing for security and are maintained continuously to ward off new vulnerabilities. E) The voti
