Overview
- The Instituto Nacional Electoral said an international certifier issued ISO/IEC 27001:2022 for its Internet Voting System, with Global Certification Bureau S.A. setting the certificate period from May 21, 2026 to May 20, 2029.
- The certification covers the SIVEI ‘Protocol of Computation and Generation of Results’ and the institute reports the implementation of 93 security controls aligned with the 2022 standard and the 2024 climate amendment.
- Specialists from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana reviewed the platform and, according to the INE, concluded the system is secure and resilient to attempted cyberattacks in technical audits completed before the certification.
- INE officials say the certification and academic audits are technical reinforcements that do not replace public transparency, electoral audits, or independent oversight of remote voting exercises.
- The move clears technical ground for broader remote-voting uses, including participation by Mexicans abroad and accessibility voting in Coahuila, and it could influence public trust, future rules on internet voting, and demands for further audits.