Jéssica Iara Pegorini holds a bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering at the Federal University of Technology – Paraná, Campus Dois Vizinhos, and develops her undergraduate thesis in the area of electoral security, under the advisory of professors Rodrigo Tomaz Pagno and Newton Carlos Will.

The paper accepted for publication, entitled “Security and Threats in the Brazilian e-Voting System: A Documentary Case Study Based on Public Security Tests”, compiles and analyses all attack plans presented in five editions of Public Security Tests (PST), assessing the security of Brazilian Electoral System, and reporting what breaches the voting machines and the system is susceptible to. The paper also seek to explore the limitations of PST, since it does not cover all aspects of the electoral process.

The paper was accepted at 14th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2021), which will take place in October in the Greece. The conference aims at exploring how the synergies among the communities of technology, policy, and social cohesion can be a positive factor for sustainable development in our quest of tackling the great problems that still shake our societies and advancing towards a higher quality of living while preserving our planet. ICEGOV 2021 focuses on the development of smart digital governance for addressing the global crises and promoting social, political, economic, and environmental sustainability

Brazil has progressively adopted information technology in its elections since the implementation of electronic ballot boxes in 1996, culminating in the present in which biometrics identification is within reach of being installed in all electronic voting equipment. However, the participation of academics, particularly those dedicated to Information Security, has had meager participation in this initiative.