GFWC uses Scytl’s technology in its international convention in Chicago
Election Trust successfully implemented Scytl’s Internet voting solution during the 2008 Annual International Convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC), held in Chicago last June. Contrary to their former e-voting platform, Scytl’s solution permitted the authentication of each GFWC delegate using its barcode reader technology, which speeded up the voting process. The GFWC is an international organization with clubs in more than a dozen countries, dedicated to community improvements through volunteer service.
18 th August 2008
Criteria CaixaCorp successfully uses Scytl’s secure platform during its first AGM
Criteria CaixaCorp successfully used Scytl’s secure platform to carry out remote electronic vote and delegation during its first shareholders’ meeting last June, thus complying with the recommendations of the Aldama Law about transparency and good government. Scytl’s technologic platform allows remote electronic vote delegation in an easy and secure way, transmitting trust to the shareholder as he/she receives a digitally signed receipt that allows him/her to verify that his/her vote was correctly counted.
11 th August 2008
Scytl featured on a French TV report on e-participation
During the ‘8e Assises des TIC du Secteur Public’ in Nice, Jean Souto, Scytl’s Sales Director for the French speaking countries, was interviewed by R’public.TV about citizens’ e-participation. During this interview, Mr. Souto explained how ICT facilitates citizens’ involvement in public and community life and increases participation rates in citizens’ consultations. Furthermore, Mr. Souto presented Scytl’s solutions as well as Scytl’s experiences worldwide in this field. R’public.TV is the French Internet TV channel for the public sphere and political life. Click here to watch the interview.
04 th August 2008
Scytl invited to present a research paper at the EVOTE08 conference in Austria
Scytl has been invited to present a research paper in the 3rd International Conference on Electronic Voting 2008 (EVOTE08), which will be held in Bregenz (Austria) from August 6 through 9, 2008. Mr. Jordi Puiggali, VP Research & Development, will present the paper "Secure Remote Voter Registration" related to Scytl’s patent-pending voter-registration technology which combines applied cryptography and biometrics to allow voters to register remotely with the highest security standards.
28 th July 2008
Scytl participates in the NASS Summer Conference in Michigan
Scytl has participated in the NASS Summer Conference which was held in Michigan from July 25 through 28. The conference was attended by state officials from across the United States. Founded in 1904, the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is the United States’ oldest, non-partisan professional organization for state officials.
21 th July 2008
Scytl participates at the NCSL Legislative Summit in New Orleans
Scytl and its partner Gov2u will exhibit their solutions at the NCSL Legislative Summit which will take place in New Orleans from July 22 through 26. At this event, Scytl and Gov2u will present their solutions and success stories worldwide in the e-democracy field. The attendees of this 2008 Legislative Summit include legislators, senior legislative staff, state and federal agency personnel, and government relations managers from corporations, associations and special interest groups.
14 th July 2008
Scytl’s Pnyx source code successfully audited by the Ministry of Justice of Finland
The source code of Scytl’s secure Internet voting platform Pnyx has successfully passed the audit carried out by a group of security experts from the University of Turku. This group had been engaged by the Ministry of Justice of Finland to audit the Pnyx source code as part of the audit and review process to implement Pnyx in the Finnish local elections in October 2008. Previously, the Ministry of Justice had already completed the functional acceptance testing process for Pnyx in April.
07 th July 2008
Expansión names Scytl as one of the 12 technology companies with the highest potential
Expansión, the leading financial newspaper in Spain, has recently named Scytl as of the 12 technology companies based in Barcelona with the highest growth potential internationally. In this decision, Expansión has taken into account Scytl’s award-winning innovative technology and its current leadership position in the Internet voting market worldwide.
30 th June 2008
Scytl presents at the Ohio Association of Election Officials Conference
Hugh Gallagher, Scytl’s Managing Director of U.S. Operations & Sales, delivered a lecture on voting system security at the Ohio Association of Election Officials Conference in Columbus (Ohio) on June 23. Mr. Gallagher had been an integral part of Ohio’s recent top-to-bottom review of Ohio’s voting systems security assessment conducted by the Secretary of State, the Honorable Jennifer Brunner – the project designation was EVEREST (Evaluation and Validation of Election-Related Equipment, Standards and Testing).
23 th June 2008
The State of Alabama invites Scytl to present its Internet voting technology
The Alabama Military and Overseas Voting Task Force created by Governor Bob Riley invited Scytl to present its secure Internet voting technology at the Alabama State Capitol on June 19. This Task Force formed by 17 members is chaired by the Alabama Secretary of State. The objective of the Task Force is “to explore and develop a plan of action for the implementation of a secure system for internet voting for military and overseas citizens of the State of Alabama”.
16 th June 2008
Scytl consolidates its leadership position in the AGMs market in Spain
Scytl has consolidated and strengthened its leadership position in the Internet voting market for Annual General Meetings (AGMs) in Spain with a total of 12 elections contracted this year. Most of these elections correspond to companies that belong to the IBEX 35 (the stock market index for the largest cap companies in Spain) which value the advanced security features offered by Scytl’s Internet voting platform. Scytl is the company with the largest market share in the Internet voting market for AGMs in Spain.
09 th June 2008
Scytl appoints a new Director of Global Alliances
Eric Elbhar has recently joined Scytl as Director of Global Alliances. In this position, Mr. Elbhar will be responsible for developing and strengthening Scytl’s partner network worldwide. Mr. Elbhar has 14 years of international sales and marketing experience in the technology sector in companies such as CDC Corporation, Ross Systems, Selligent and Cap Gemini. Mr. Elbhar is fluent in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
02 nd June 2008
Scytl participates in the 2008 GovTech Conference in Singapore
Ju Pin Ng, Scytl’s Director of Sales for the Asia-Pacific region, has attended the 2008 GovTech Conference, which was held on May 27 and 28 in Singapore. This year’s edition focused on government inter-operability and service delivery and gathered over 150 e-government experts and specialists as well as Government CIOs, Director-Generals and Senior Directors from 16 different countries.
26 th May 2008
Election Trust carries out elections in the U.S. with Scytl’s Internet voting technology
Only two months after signing a partnership agreement with Scytl for the U.S. private sector market, Election Trust has already carried out three elections using Scytl’s secure Internet voting platform. Two of these elections have been for Cornell University (Student Assembly Election and Student Elected Trustee Election) and the third one for the College of Southern Nevada (ASCSN Student Government Election). All three elections have been successfully completed with universally positive feedback from client administrators and voters. The partnership between Election Trust and Scytl targets the entire U.S. private sector market which encompasses professional associations, property owner groups, universities, labor unions, corporations, credit unions and other cooperatives.
19 th May 2008
Onno van Dommelen appointed VP of Strategic Projects
Onno van Dommelen has been appointed as VP of Strategic Projects. In this new position, he will be responsible for the management and execution of critical electoral projects worldwide. Onno van Dommelen joined Scytl in 2004 and has played different roles in Scytl during the last four years, including heading Scytl’s software development department. This responsibility has been assumed by Gabriel Dos Santos who is currently Director of Software Engineering.
13 th May 2008
Scytl presents at the conference “Assises Nationales des TIC” in France
Scytl will participate in the 8th edition of the Assises Nationales des TIC du Secteur Public
which will be held in Nice (France) on May 21 and 22. Jean Souto, Director of Sales for France and the Francophonie, will present several of Scytl’s success cases in the e-democracy market worldwide. This is the largest IT event in France for the public sector and will be attended by IT directors from the French administration at the regional, provincial and local level.
05 th May 2008
Scytl appoints a new Director of Sales for Asia-Pacific
Ju Pin Ng has joined Scytl as its new Director of Sales for the Asia-Pacific region. Ju Pin Ng brings with him over 15 years of sales and marketing experience in the telecom and technology sectors in the Asia-Pacific region in companies such as Tellabs, Steleus, Mitas Technologies, Radio Waves and Kenetics Innovation. Ju Pin Ng holds a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA. Ju Pin Ng will be based in Scytl’s office in Singapore and will have overall responsibility for sales and marketing in the region.
28 th April 2008
Scytl obtains the ISO 9001 quality certification
Scytl has obtained the ISO 9001:2000 certification as a company. This certification includes Scytl’s software development and project management methodology and procedures as well as its research and intellectual property management. Scytl adheres to the highest quality standards in the development of its software products and in the implementation of these products in specific projects.
21 th April 2008
Ministry of Justice of Finland completes acceptance testing of Scytl’s e-voting solution
The Ministry of Justice of Finland has successfully completed the acceptance testing process for Scytl’s Pnyx, which will be implemented in the Finnish local elections in October 2008, representing the first e-voting experience in Finland. The acceptance testing was witnessed by eleven representatives from the following municipalities: Helsinki, Espoo, Karkkila, Vihti, Kauniainen and Tampere. Scytl has partnered for this project with TietoEnator, the largest system integrator in Finland.
14 th April 2008
Scytl’s technology will be used in the first Internet voting experience of Swiss absentee voters
For the first time, the Swiss Confederation will allow its citizens living abroad to cast binding votes over the Internet. For this first experience, the Swiss Confederation has chosen the Canton of Neuchâtel, which has been successfully using Scytl’s Internet voting technology in their consultations and referendums for its resident citizens since 2004. On June 1, Neuchâtel will make its secure Internet voting platform also available for absentee voters living in one of the countries members of the Wassenaar Agreement and will become the first Swiss canton to allow Internet voting for its absentee voters. This decision strengthens Scytl’s position as the Internet voting provider with most advanced security technology.
09 th April 2008
Scytl partners with Election Trust in the U.S. private sector market
Scytl and Election Trust have entered into an agreement by which Election Trust will use Pnyx to offer Internet voting services to its private sector customers in the United States (Universities, labor unions, professional associations, credit unions, corporations, etc.). Pnyx, Scytl’s secure Internet voting platform, will be permanently installed in a secure and fully-redundant data center in Seattle (Washington) which will be managed by Election Trust with Scytl’s technical support. Election Trust and Scytl will also collaborate in joint marketing campaigns to promote the partnership in the United States.
31 th March 2008
Scytl presents at the Overseas Vote Foundation’s 2008 Summit in Munich
Scytl has been invited to present at the 2008 Summit of the Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF) which will be about Internet voting for overseas and military voters. Pablo Sarrias, VP Sales & Marketing, will present Scytl’s secure Internet voting technology and the project in Okaloosa County (Florida) where this technology will be used during the upcoming 2008 U.S. Presidential election. The 2008 Summit will take place in Munich on April 4.
24 th March 2008
Scytl gives lecture on applied cryptography in a Master on Advanced Computing
Jordi Puiggali, Scytl’s VP of Research and Development, has given a lecture in the Master on Advanced Computing organized by the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The lecture was on applied cryptography techniques to protect intellectual property (e.g., watermarking, fingerprinting, etc.), e-cash and e-voting.
17 th March 2008
Scytl appoints a new Director of Sales for the United States
Hugh Gallagher has joined Scytl as Director of Sales for the U.S. market. Mr. Gallagher brings with him over 20 years of experience in technology based industries, and most notably the election industry. Prior to Scytl, Mr. Gallagher founded and worked as Managing Director of Virginia-based Election Systems Acquisition & Management Services, Inc., an election consulting company assisting state and local election officials. Previously, Mr. Gallagher worked as Chief Operating Officer of Diversified Dynamics, Inc, a company that developed a Direct Record Electronic (DRE) voting system. Mr. Gallagher has a Master degree from the University of Maryland and is a former U.S. Navy Officer.
10 th March 2008
Scytl’s technology presented at the U.S. Committee on House Administration
The ITIF (Information Technology and Innovation Foundation) organized a conference titled “The Future of Voting” to present the most promising and innovative projects on voting currently developed in the United Sates at the US Committee on House Administration on March 6. Dr. Alec Yasinsac from SAIT in Florida and Pablo Sarrias from Scytl presented the project for UOCAVA voters in Okaloosa County, FL, that will use Scytl’s Internet voting technology in the 2008 Presidential election. The presentation was attended by members of Congress, NIST, several Universities, NASS, research groups and corporations.
03 rd March 2008
Scytl invited to present at the International Seminar on Electoral Modernization in Peru
Pablo Sarrias, VP Sales and Marketing, will give a lecture entitled “Secure electoral solutions, increasing transparency in electoral processes” during the Seminar on Electoral Modernization organized by the National Office of Electoral Processes of Peru (ONPE). The seminar will take place at ONPE’s headquarters in Lima (Peru) from March 3 through 5 and will be attended by political authorities, electoral administrators and academia from multiple Latin American countries. The objective of the seminar is to present the social, legislative and technological perspectives of electoral modernization.
25 th February 2008
Official launching of the EU-funded project Demos@Work
The project a Demos@Work which aims at improving parliament transparency through an advanced e-democracy platform has officially started. The project will last 24 months and will be developed and implemented by a consortium formed by Scytl, GFI, Gov2U, National Technical University of Athens and the parliaments of Catalonia and Lithuania. Scytl will be the technological leader in this project which is co-financed under the 2007 eParticipation call of the European Commission.
18 th February 2008
The European Patent Office grants Scytl a new patent
The European Patent Office (EPO) has granted Scytl patent EP1783696 which protects the proprietary cryptographic protocols developed by Scytl to guarantee voter's privacy, vote integrity and election auditability in poll-site electronic voting terminals (DREs). The patented cryptographic protocols have been implemented in Scytl’s Pnyx.VM. As a leading research company in application-level cryptography and e-voting security, Scytl holds a portfolio of patents and patent applications worldwide.
11 th February 2008
Scytl gives a lecture in Security Technology Master
Victor Morales, Cryptographic Researcher at Scytl's R&D Department, gave a lecture in the 6th Master on Information Technology Security organized by esCERT (Catalonian Polytechnic University) and TB-Security in Barcelona on January 28. The lecture was on applied cryptographic techniques to protect intellectual property (watermarking, fingerprinting, etc.), e-cash and e-voting.
04 th February 2008
Scytl presents at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C.
Pablo Sarrias, Scytl’s VP Sales & Marketing, will present Scytl’s secure e-voting solutions at a seminar titled “Secure electronic voting: Increasing trust and transparency in the electoral process” organized by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). His presentation will cover Pnyx.DRE, an innovative software solution that turns a standard PC into a secure electronic voting terminal in a very cost-effective manner. The seminar will take place at IDB’s headquarters in Washington D.C. on February 8. IDB, the oldest and largest regional bank in the world, is the main source of multilateral financing for economic, social and institutional development in Latin America.
28 th January 2008
Scytl sponsors the AEA’s annual conference in the United Kingdom
Scytl, in partnership with Election Systems and Software (ES&S), will sponsor and participate in the annual conference of the Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) which will be held in Blackpool (UK) from February 24 through 27. The AEA conference is attended by election officials from local authorities across the United Kingdom and by representatives from the Ministry of Justice and the Electoral Commission.
21 th January 2008
Scytl participates at the NASS Winter Conference in Washington D.C.
Scytl will participate with a stand at the NASS Winter Conference which will be held in Washington D.C. from February 7 through 10. The conference will be attended by state officials from across the United States. Founded in 1904, the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is the United States’ oldest, non-partisan professional organization for state officials.
14 th January 2008
Scytl releases a new version of its Internet voting security software
Scytl has recently released Pnyx.core 2.0, the latest version of its Internet voting security software. Pnyx.core 2.0 offers the most advanced security technology for Internet voting in the marketplace. In this latest version, significant enhancements have been made to the usability and scalability of the solution. Pnyx.core has been used to carry out multiple elections over the Internet for governments in countries such as the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain, Argentina or the Philippines.
07 th January 2008
Scytl wins contract with the European Commission
Scytl has won a contract with the European Commission for the project Demos@work. The Demos@work project will consist in piloting various innovative e-democracy applications in several European parliaments to facilitate the interaction between the citizens, their elected representatives and the parliaments. The project is expected to last 2 years in which several pilots will be developed and executed. Scytl will be the technological partner in a consortium integrated by GFI, Gov2U, the University of Athens, the Parliament of Catalonia and the Parliament of Lithuania.
