3. In 2020, the United States of America (US) conducted a presidential election. during COVID-19 epidemic....

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3. In 2020, the United States of America (US) conducted a presidential election. during COVID-19 epidemic. The US conducted the election via several methods which are: a. b. Many countries are thinking of having the same electronic voting technology that the US used in 2020 as COVID-19 keep on being a threat, but following each countries voting process, laws, and constitutions. The generic requirement is that the voters will have to enter their national identification and proof of individual to validate their identity and eligibility to cast the vote. After successfully validated, the voters can cast their vote. A record of the casted votes will be kept in several servers. The voting machine and servers are connected via a computer network. The machine will also print two copies of the vote (one to be kept by the voter and another to be kept by the voting commission) as physical evidence. C. . d. Mail-in voting where voters vote by filling in a ballot form mailed to them by the government and mailing it back to the election committee. Early digital face-to-face voting where voters visited a voting centre and use a voting machine to cast their vote. Define the THREE (3) properties of CIA triad. [3 marks] Discuss how Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) can be used to disrupt the availability of the voting system. Suggest mitigations to stop DDOS attack on the voting system. [4 marks] Propose an attack plan to use DDOS in attacking the voting system. [8 marks] [5 marks] 3. In 2020, the United States of America (US) conducted a presidential election. during COVID-19 epidemic. The US conducted the election via several methods which are: a. b. Many countries are thinking of having the same electronic voting technology that the US used in 2020 as COVID-19 keep on being a threat, but following each countries voting process, laws, and constitutions. The generic requirement is that the voters will have to enter their national identification and proof of individual to validate their identity and eligibility to cast the vote. After successfully validated, the voters can cast their vote. A record of the casted votes will be kept in several servers. The voting machine and servers are connected via a computer network. The machine will also print two copies of the vote (one to be kept by the voter and another to be kept by the voting commission) as physical evidence. C. . d. Mail-in voting where voters vote by filling in a ballot form mailed to them by the government and mailing it back to the election committee. Early digital face-to-face voting where voters visited a voting centre and use a voting machine to cast their vote. Define the THREE (3) properties of CIA triad. [3 marks] Discuss how Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) can be used to disrupt the availability of the voting system. Suggest mitigations to stop DDOS attack on the voting system. [4 marks] Propose an attack plan to use DDOS in attacking the voting system. [8 marks] [5 marks]

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