The Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Bossman Asare, has affirmed that the Commission is well-prepared to address potential threats to its systems and processes in the upcoming December 7 general elections.
According to him, while a significant portion of the Commission's processes remains manual, there is still an extensive use of technology.
Speaking during the JoyNews National Dialogue on Cybersecurity at Election 2024 Crossroads on Wednesday, October 16, Dr Asare stated that the Commission is doing everything necessary to safeguard its systems.
He explained that after securing their technological infrastructure, the next step is to ensure that proper procedures are followed at all centers managing the manual processes. "From the EC's standpoint, I can confidently say that we are fully ready, we have taken into consideration the threat in terms of technology, in terms of the manual process and we are working assiduously to navigate through all of them," he said.