Episode 6: 2020 Elections Year in Review

Resources:

• EI-ISAC
• Elections Security Tools & Resources
• #PROTECT2020

In this edition of Cybersecurity Where You Are, host and CISO at the Center for Internet Security (CIS), Sean Atkinson welcomes guests Geoff Hale and Lew Robinson. Hale leads the Election Security Initiative at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), while Robinson serves as CIS Vice President of Election Operations. Both agencies and both men, respectively, played a big role in the success of the 2020 General Election, which has been deemed the most secure election in American history.

Highlights:

• Elections...A Critical Infrastructure
• Strong Partnerships Make for Strong Collaborative Efforts
• Technical and physical controls that contributed to the 2020 General Election being the most secure election in history
• Steps taken to enhance communications and provide threat intelligence to state and local entities
• Collaborative process to provide stakeholder input to influence the approach to election security
• Strategies and techniques used to manage mis- and disinformation
• Efforts made to assist state and local election offices with best practice guidance
• Lessons learned from the 2020 General Election

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