by jpitney | Nov 14, 2020 | Election Security, Elections
From the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA): The members of Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee… released the following statement: “The November 3rd election was the most secure in American...
by jpitney | Feb 13, 2020 | Election Security
R.J. Reinhart at Gallup: Although their faith has been shaken for some time, Americans are heading into their next presidential election with relatively little confidence in the honesty of the process. Four in 10 Americans (40%) interviewed in 2019 said they are...
by jpitney | Feb 10, 2020 | Election Security
At R Street, Kristen Nyman and Kathryn Waldron write that human error is the top threat to election systems. Errors include failure to recognize and avoid phishing attacks. While problems with voting technology can bedevil any election — as was amply illustrated...
by jpitney | Dec 27, 2019 | Election Security, Russia
From the Defending Digital Democracy Project (D3P): D3P is led by Eric Rosenbach, Co-Director of the Belfer Center and former Assistant Secretary of Defense. Prior to his July 2015 appointment as Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Rosenbach served as...
by jpitney | Oct 30, 2019 | Congress, Technology, Uncategorized
At Scientific American, Jackson Barnett writes about the challenge of election security: One reason for the inadequate response is that elected representatives and their staffs are not tech savvy enough to understand the scope of the problems, says Lawrence...
