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IEEM appoints the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana as auditing entity of the PREP – El Sol de México

The General Council of Electoral Institute of the State of Mexico (IEEM) designated the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), Iztapalapa unit, as audit entity of the Information System and the Preliminary Election Results Program (PREP) for the choice from governorship of 2023.

During her speech, the counselor Patricia Lozano Sanabria said that the contracting of this entity will represent a saving of up to 40% of the budget expense with respect to the last election of 2021.

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He explained that the audit will consist of perform functional tests on the PREP modules, carry out computer security analysis and tests on its components and validate that the computer system corresponds to the audited system.

Tests functional, he added, they will be of two types; that is to say manuals and through an automated mechanismwhich will allow greater consistency and ability to repetition.

in matters of Informatic securityhe explained, will be carried out vulnerability scanconfiguration forecasts, penetration tests and massive attacks on the infrastructure of PREP.

He pointed out that the analysis of the code of the programs will also be carried out to verify that they comply with the best practices in terms of computer security. All this, he added, in order to guarantee transparency, reliability, integrity, availability and security of the information procedure and the generation of results in accordance with the applicable regulations.

In turn, the representative of the labor party Joel Cruz Canseco, said that They are concerned that a work plan should be generated so that all the details and the way of working of said system are known.

He commented that the political parties must be accompanying the respective commissioneven, he said, in the test exercises so that the operation of the system is guaranteed.

“And that it is not going to be attacked by external entities in order to manipulate or falsify the information or give praise, which is very common that even when there is no conclusion of the corresponding capture, political actors always come forward to be called winners.”

He also said that the PREP and the quick count system will be observed by party representation.

It should be noted that the Metropolitan Autonomous UniversityUnit iztapalapa has participated as auditing body of the System IT specialist and of the Program of Election Results 2022 of the Institute Electoral State and in the of Stake citizen of oaxacaas well as the Information System and the Electoral Results Program 2021 of National Electoral Institute (INE), as well as the Preliminary Electoral Results Program 2018 of the State Electoral Institute of Puebla.

accusations

During the session of the General Council of the IEEM, the representatives of the political parties They accused each other that the cap on pre-campaign expenses had already been exceeded both from the PRI candidate, Alejandra Del Moral Vela and from Morena, Delfina Gómez Álvarez, as they indicated that they have seen a large number of spectacular advertisements throughout the state territory.

At that session, the representative of Citizen movement, Anselmo Garcia Cruzdemanded that they be investigated and that responsibilities be established to punish the responsible intellectuals and materials for the trustee’s death of the municipality of Amanalco, which occurred this week. asked the state attorney and to the different organs of government combat the violence that exists in the mexican entity. To this request was added the representation of the PRD y new alliance.

This session also approved the guidelines for the application of the evaluation of the performance of those who hold a position in the bodies deconcentrated of IEEMfour were replaced vocals, in the districts of 11, 43, 38, and 26; The Manual of Supervision of Process of Production from documentation y Material Electoral and his control of quality for the choice of this year.

The procedure for the check of the conditioning and equipment of the warehouses for the protection of documentation electoral and those of deposit material electoral.

Note originally published in The Sun of Toluca

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