Securing Digital Democracy

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Free Online Course: Securing Digital Democracy provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 weeks long, 14 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. Securing Digital Democracy is taught by J. Alex Halderman.

Overview
  • In this course, you'll learn what every citizen should know about the security risks--and future potential — of electronic voting and Internet voting. We'll take a look at the past, present, and future of election technologies and explore the various spaces intersected by voting, including computer security, human factors, public policy, and more.

Syllabus
    • Voting as a Security Problem
      • Approaching voting problems with the security mindset
    • Computers at the Polls
      • Voting enters the computing age
    • Security Procedures and Voting Around the World
      • Methods for ensuring the security of democracy
    • Human Factors and Internet Voting
      • Users don't always behave as expected, even when voting
    • New Technology and Policy
      • Lessons learned

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