Overview

The objective of this project is twofold:

Internet Voting: aims at designing and testing secure and easy-to-use Internet voting systems.
Evolution of the CIE-based digital identity: aims to enrich the digital identity ecosystem in Italy by improving and evolving current CIE id solutions and introducing new functionalities and services (e.g., Wallet-based solutions).

Details

Date: from 21/03/2024 to 20/03/2026.
Funding: Joint Lab between Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato Italiano (IPZS) and FBK.

Michele Battagliola, Giuseppe D'Alconzo, Andrea Gangemi, Chiara Spadafora
Enhancing E-Voting with Multiparty Class Group Encryption
In: Workshops of the 23rd International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS 2025) (PrivCrypt)
E-Voting
Simone Brunello, Laura Cristiano, Riccardo Longo, Chiara Spadafora
E-Voting with Confidence: Usability Challenges in Manual Integrity Checks
In: 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII) (HCII)
E-Voting
Zahra Ebadi Ansaroudi, Giada Sciarretta, Andrea De Maria, Silvio Ranise
Navigating secure storage requirements for EUDI Wallets: a review paper
In: EURASIP Journal on Information Security (EURASIP J. on Info. Security), Volume 2025, Issue 1 (DOI)
Threat Modelling

Riccardo Longo, Chiara Spadafora
Amun: Securing E-Voting Against Over-the-Shoulder Coercion
In: 21st International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT 2024) (DOI)
Privacy Enhancing Cryptography Zero-Knowledge Proof
Andrea Flamini, Giada Sciarretta, Mario Scuro, Amir Sharif, Alessandro Tomasi, Silvio Ranise
On cryptographic mechanisms for the selective disclosure of verifiable credentials
In: Journal of Information Security and Applications (JISA), Volume 83 (DOI)
Privacy Enhancing Cryptography Zero-Knowledge Proof
Laura Cristiano, Riccardo Longo, Chiara Spadafora
Click and Cast - Assessing the Usability of Vote App
In: Ninth International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting (E-Vote-ID 2024) (DOI)
E-Voting
Amir Sharif, Zahra Ebadi Ansaroudi, Giada Sciarretta, Majid Mollaeefar, Silvio Ranise
Protecting Digital Identity Wallet: A Threat Model in the Age of eIDAS 2.0
In: 19th International Conference on Risks and Security of Internet and Systems (CRISIS 2024) (DOI)
Threat Modelling
Riccardo Longo, Majid Mollaeefar, Umberto Morelli, Chiara Spadafora, Alessandro Tomasi, Silvio Ranise
Modeling and Assessing Coercion Threats in Electronic Voting
In: 19th International Conference on Risks and Security of Internet and Systems (CRISIS 2024) (DOI, complementary material)
E-Voting Decentralization of Trust Threat Modelling Risk Analysis

Chiara Spadafora (PhD Thesis, University of Trento, 2025)
Combining cryptography, risk assessment and usability for secure e-voting systems
Supervisor: Silvio Ranise
Giorgia Gabardi (Bachelor's Thesis, University of Trento, 2024)
Studio dei pattern di revoca nelle liste di revoca dei certificati digitali
Supervisors: Domenico Siracusa, Alessandro Tomasi