When organising a digital election, election officials face many questions about how it can be conducted in a technically secure manner.

The Technical Guideline TR-03169 "IT Security Requirements for Conducting an Electronic Election" is aimed at election administrators with the goal of securing online elections in various contexts. In future, it should be possible to conduct various elections (for example, the election of the Equal Opportunity Commissioner or work council elections) online with the help of TR-03169.

Online elections are a special application scenario. Depending on the election context, different legal requirements, such as election regulations, apply. In addition, specific processes and requirements have to be mapped, for example with regard to electoral roll, ballot codes and ballot papers. In addition, the threats and damage scenarios characteristic of online elections must be assessed, for example: "How do I protect the election principles of universal, direct, free, equal and secret?". An essential part of TR-03169 is the implementation of IT-Grundschutz. It offers the possibility to tailor information security requirements to a defined information network.

TR-03169 is expected to be published in Q1 2023.