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3 ways ransomware could threaten election infrastructure

As the country careens headlong into the most chaotic election season in recent history, cybersecurity specialists are raising the alarm about potential…

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Election security: Thwarting disinformation and interference in 2020

Commentary

Election security woes only growing for 2020 presidential race, including DHS’ response

Cybersecurity

What the last decade’s laws did to American democracy

Federal Drive

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2019, file photo, a man feeds a ballot card into a digital voting machine during a demonstration in Raleigh, N.C. A new report says the nation’s elections are vulnerable to attack due to a lack of robust federal oversight of the private companies that are involved in everything from manufacturing voting systems to maintaining voter registration databases (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

State, local elections officials agree no ‘one-size-fits-all-approach’ exists for cybersecurity

Security Strategies in Government

NSA creates new Cybersecurity Directorate

Federal Newscast

Voter registration a key weakness to election security, watchdog says

Federal Drive

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Donald Trump listen to French President Emmanuel Macron delivering a speech before a lunch at the Elysee Palace in Paris during commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. (Jacques Demarthon/Pool Photo via AP)

International cyber ‘Kum Ba Yah’ lacks U.S. signature

The Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace has 51 nations’ signatures, but not that of the United States.

Tom Temin Commentary

Cybersecurity collaboration in midterms now being re-focused on 2020

After interference by Russian during the 2016 presidential race caught federal officials flat-footed, the Department of Homeland Security worked with states…

Federal Newscast

From left, John Gilligan, Sean Kelley, Matthew Masterson and Chris Wlaschin

Lessons learned from 2016 election season

CyberChat

In a two-part series, host Sean Kelley discusses with experts from the election community key lessons learned from 2016.

3 ways ransomware could threaten election infrastructure

Election security: Thwarting disinformation and interference in 2020

States ask judge to reverse changes at USPS

Don’t mess with the US Mail!

Could USPS handle 2020 election ballots?

DHS takes on election security