Election security

SEP 7-9: Biggest Names in Cyber Discuss the Most Pressing Issues at 13th Billington Cybersecurity Summit

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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Agenda highlights include:

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  • Agenda highlights include:
    State of Cyber: White House Perspectives After a Year of New Strategic Direction Hon.
  • The Cyber Threat Landscape and Zero Trust: Lessons Learned and Success StoriesFollowing the Log4j vulnerability scare, experts will discuss where the government is in terms of making this shift.
  • DOD-Industry Join Forces to Drive Cybersecurity InnovationPanel explores joint efforts to enhance cybersecurity, drive talent initiatives, and spur innovation.
  • Beyond Ransomware: Identifying the Next Cyber ThreatsA panel of experts will explore what the next possible cyber threats will look like and possible mitigations.

VoteShield Nominated for National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) IDEAS Award by Iowa Secretary of State

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Elections, Articles, Government, Electoral fraud, Paul Pate, Politics, Secretary of State of Iowa, National Association of Secretaries of State, Voter registration, Election security, IOWA

b'DES MOINES, Iowa, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has nominated his office\'s collaboration with VoteShield for a National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) IDEAS Award.

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  • b'DES MOINES, Iowa, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has nominated his office\'s collaboration with VoteShield for a National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) IDEAS Award.
  • VoteShield is a tool that analyzes public voter registration data and flags potential anomalies in changes to that data.
  • "\nVoteShieldis an election security tool that reviews public voter registration data and flags potential anomalies for state and local election officials.
  • It is a project of Protect Democracy ( protectdemocracy.org ), a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing American democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government.\n'

Bloomberg Government Announces New Weekly Newsletter Focusing on State Voter Laws and Redistricting

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Elections, Voting, Articles, Government, Democracy, Newsletter, Bloomberg L.P., Postal voting, Election security, Bloomberg, Voter registration, Early voting

WASHINGTON, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Bloomberg Government today announced a new weekly email newsletter, Ballots & Boundaries, focusing on state action that will influence elections.

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  • WASHINGTON, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Bloomberg Government today announced a new weekly email newsletter, Ballots & Boundaries, focusing on state action that will influence elections.
  • The newsletter joins an existing lineup of 25 daily and weekly email newsletters available to Bloomberg Government customers.
  • The new newsletter will follow legislation to change the rules on mail-in voting, early voting, vote-counting, voter registration, and election security.
  • "Understanding the impact of state laws that affect voting is essential for our customers," said Cesca Antonelli, editor-in-chief, Bloomberg Industry Group.

How a Cryptosecure Election Protocol Can Solve Our Election Problems by Securing the Vote and Building Trust

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Voting, Cryptography, Cybercrime, Information governance, Articles, Government, Elections, Electronic voting, Computer security, Vote counting, Election security

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- America needs secure elections.Millions of Americans believe the 2020 presidential election results were fraudulent.

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  • SUGAR LAND, Texas, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- America needs secure elections.Millions of Americans believe the 2020 presidential election results were fraudulent.
  • Regardless of whether fraud actually occurred, the current election system has security weaknesses at multiple points, and the perception the voting was compromised undermines trust in the electoral process.
  • Both banking security and election security come down to respective accounting problems, either keeping track of money or keeping track of votes over time.
  • The proposed protocol is able to conceal the identity of voters while verifying that they voted and for whom they voted.

Morphisec Releases Government & Election Cybersecurity Threat Index as Nation-State Cyberattacks Increase

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Cybercrime, Cryptography, Information governance, Articles, Data security, Elections, Cyberwarfare, Election security, Computer security, Cyberattack

BE'ER SHEVA, Israel & BOSTON, Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 63% of government workers say they are worried that cyberattacks on candidates, political parties, and voting infrastructure will impact the integrity of the upcoming U.S. election, according to the Government & Election Cybersecurity Threat Index released today by Morphisec , the leader in Advanced Threat Prevention.

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  • BE'ER SHEVA, Israel & BOSTON, Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 63% of government workers say they are worried that cyberattacks on candidates, political parties, and voting infrastructure will impact the integrity of the upcoming U.S. election, according to the Government & Election Cybersecurity Threat Index released today by Morphisec , the leader in Advanced Threat Prevention.
  • Additional highlights from Morphisec's Government & Election Cybersecurity Threat Index:
    Nearly 1-in-4 (23%) government employees believe federal and local governments are "not at all prepared" to secure voting infrastructure.
  • Despite the worry of voting infrastructure being breached, 62% of government workers say the more significant threat to the upcoming U.S. election is nation-states spreading disinformation online.
  • "Federal and especially local government employees are right to be worried about cyberattacks as we head towards election day," said Andrew Homer, VP of Security Strategy at Morphisec.

SpyCloud and CyberDefenses Team Up to Defend Against Foreign Election Interference

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Cybercrime, Articles, Cryptography, Information governance, Elections, Crime, Election security, Computer security, Cyberattack, Electoral fraud, Vote counting

CyberDefenses provides nearly one in five election jurisdictions across the United States with a multitude of security services, including Election Security Assessments that evaluate the end-to-end election process, benchmark cyber risk, and deliver concrete recommendations to fix gaps that could put counties at risk for cyberattacks and election interference.

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  • CyberDefenses provides nearly one in five election jurisdictions across the United States with a multitude of security services, including Election Security Assessments that evaluate the end-to-end election process, benchmark cyber risk, and deliver concrete recommendations to fix gaps that could put counties at risk for cyberattacks and election interference.
  • "SpyCloud is instrumental to the work we do in ensuring that every vote counts," said Armando Ordonez, CEO of CyberDefenses.
  • CyberDefenses also uses SpyCloud's data, including hundreds of millions of assets to research the infrastructure used in election fraud campaigns.
  • As a result of that assignment, a team of military cybersecurity veterans came together to launch CyberDefenses.

Election Security Study: More Than Half of Tech Pros Are Less Confident Now Than Before the Pandemic

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Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Elections, Campaigns, Technology, Public policy, Government, Security, Other Education, White House, Federal Government, Other Technology, Training, State, Local, Software, Networks, Education, Internet, Mobile, Wireless, Hardware, Data management, Homeland security, Cryptography, Information governance, Cyberwarfare, Cybercrime, Articles, Data security, Crime, National security, Security, Computer security, Election security

While federal, state and local governments continue to harden election infrastructure technical controls and security procedures, 56 percent of respondents are less confident in election security since the pandemic startedsignaling the need for greater education of the electorate and training of election personnel to drive awareness and trust.

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  • While federal, state and local governments continue to harden election infrastructure technical controls and security procedures, 56 percent of respondents are less confident in election security since the pandemic startedsignaling the need for greater education of the electorate and training of election personnel to drive awareness and trust.
  • Respondents were asked about election security issues and their level of trust in the system.
  • Whats causing uncertainty about election security?
  • The overwhelming majority of localities have sound election security procedures in place, but the publics perception does not match the reality, says Touhill.

Infocyte Helps MSSP CyberDefenses Perform End-to-End Election Security Assessments

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Public policy, Government, Software, Networks, Internet, Data management, Technology, Elections, Campaigns, Security, Computer network security, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, Security engineering, Cryptography, Information governance, Managed security service, MSSP, Computer security, Election security, Threat, Cyberattack, Infocyte, CyberDefenses Inc.

Infocyte, a recognized leader in advanced threat detection and incident response, is partnering with CyberDefenses, an award-winning Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) and expert in election security, to deliver Election Security Assessments throughout the United States.

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  • Infocyte, a recognized leader in advanced threat detection and incident response, is partnering with CyberDefenses, an award-winning Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) and expert in election security, to deliver Election Security Assessments throughout the United States.
  • CyberDefenses Election Security Assessment evaluates the end-to-end election process and provides cyber risk insights to arm election teams with stronger defenses against election cyberattacks and tampering.
  • CyberDefenses election security experts leveraged Infocyte to create the compromise and threat detection portion of the Election Security Assessment.
  • CyberDefenses, an award-winning MSSP Alert Top 100 Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), is a leader in election security with expertise in providing security assessments, guidance, monitoring and intelligence services for organizations throughout the nation.

IBM Survey: Only 38% of State and Local Government Employees Trained on Ransomware Prevention

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Thursday, February 27, 2020
Cybercrime, Cryptography, Information governance, Cyberwarfare, Security, Prevention, National security, Election security, Ransomware, Computer security, Cyberattack

Also, budgets for managing cyberattacks have remained stagnant according to 52% of state and local government IT/Security professionals polled.

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  • Also, budgets for managing cyberattacks have remained stagnant according to 52% of state and local government IT/Security professionals polled.
  • "The data in this new study suggests local and state employees recognize the threat but demonstrate over confidence in their ability to react to and manage it.
  • With the impending 2020 election in the U.S, it's no surprise election security is top of mind for government employees.
  • With ransomware attacks against cities likely to continue in 2020, both U.S. government employees and taxpayers believe the federal government should step in to assist.

How the 2020 Presidential Election Could Be Hacked

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Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Cybercrime, Cryptography, Information governance, Security, Prevention, National security, Computer security, Ransomware, Election security, Nass, National Association of Secretaries of State, Ingalls

WOODWORTH, La., Feb. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- After seeing a pattern of concerning data related to election security, Ingalls Information Security has prepared a threat model entitled, "How the 2020 Presidential Election Could Be Hacked."

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  • WOODWORTH, La., Feb. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- After seeing a pattern of concerning data related to election security, Ingalls Information Security has prepared a threat model entitled, "How the 2020 Presidential Election Could Be Hacked."
  • The model was presented in a whitepaper recently published in partnership with the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS).
  • The company reports on a threat model that could potentially be used by well-resourced organizations to disrupt the upcoming presidential election.
  • Ingalls reports that these groups have the ability to target local- and state-level authorities with ransomware before and immediately following Election Day.