re: Microsoft SQL Database Management Program found on Dominion... Non-Authorized software

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It depends on how good the DBA is that is getting paid to do the nefarious deed.

It also depends on how good the person looking for the evidence of said nefarious deed is.

I'm guessing the nefarious deed doer got paid more so my money is on him usually.

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You are conflating a lot of things.

A secure production environment would never allow the existence of SSMS. That a court wouldn't understand, or would be in the pocket of Dominion doesn't change that.

Allowable software in an environment is always specifically listed. It doesn't make sense to list software that isn't allowed because there are 1 Billion examples of what isn't allowed including your example of the 30 line executable.

A nefarious DBA doesn't eliminate the logical requirement for transaction logging to be enabled and preserved. The lack of those options being enabled would be an example of gross negligence.

The inability to prove something occurred doesn't prove that it didn't happen.

More importantly, these voting systems and the laws governing elections require the elections to be certified. These predefined requirements and standards must be auditable. If they can't be audited to meet the standards, they aren't certifiable.