Security News > 2020 > August > US voting hardware maker's shock discovery: Security improves when you actually work with the community

Just hours after Professor Matt Blaze today discussed the state of election system security in America, one of the largest US voting machine makers stepped forward to say it's trying to improve its vulnerability research program.

In addition to its ongoing vulnerabilities rewards program, ES&S said it will employ the services of security house Synack to bridge the gap with bounty hunters, and make its products better able to withstand attacks from the likes of state-sponsored groups.

This is actually a big step for ES&S, who when we last checked in was bickering with DEF CON organizers over its products being included in the voting-machine-hacking village, and taking heat from government officials for its lax security.

Synack CTO Dr Mark Kuhr talked up the role his company would play in helping to clean up ES&S's security reputation and safeguard US voting machines ahead of the 2020 election.

"What we are seeing here is a match made in heaven between the security research community and the government bodies." .

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