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UrduLocal authorities around the nation are taking precautionary security measures to withstand potential violence and other nightmare scenarios on Election Day and following days. …
Tag: election security
GW Experts on Election Security and Political Violence Ahead of the Midterms
“Election officials in the United States have been alerted to safe-proof their voting systems and be vigilant about political violence amid a “very complex threat environment,” top U.S. cybersecurity official Jen Easterly said on Sunday in the wake of an…
MITRE CYBERSECURITY EXPERT EMILY FRYE NAMED TO FCW 2021 FEDERAL 100
Emily Frye, director for cyber integration for homeland security and the civilian enterprise at MITRE, has been named to FCW’s 2021 Federal 100 for her leadership in identifying and addressing cyber needs and demands across multiple federal civilian agencies. She also serves as co-director of MITRE’s election integrity initiative and pioneered the nationwide Social See Something, Say Something (SQUINT™) program and reporting tool to track election misinformation.
Cyber-security, mind-hacking and the presidential election
Ning Zhang, assistant professor of engineering The U.S. presidential election is only weeks away. Hackers are hard at work. What exactly are they doing?We often think of hacking as a shadow form of computer engineering – a matter of ones and zeros, of clever coding and hijacked hardware, of software vulnerabilities and brute force attacks.
State officials confident in election security despite voter concerns
Election Day is two weeks away and confidence in election security is still wavering among voters. State election officials and clerks are confident in the process, as absentee ballots have been mailed in record numbers nationwide.
Threats to U.S. election security are coming from the incumbent government, UW political scientist says
James Long has observed many elections in Asia and Africa, for research and as part of an advocacy organization called Democracy International. An associate professor of political science at the University of Washington, Long has witnessed firsthand the kind of…
GW Experts Available Throughout National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Beyond
The George Washington University has several experts available to discuss various cybersecurity topics throughout National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, including privacy and cybersecurity risks in a COVID-19 world, election information security, and cybersecurity as it relates to terrorism and homeland security.…
MITRE Experts Available to Comment on Election Security
Voters trust that our elections take place without interference. MITRE supports state and local election officials with the objective advice and tools to combat threats to our voting infrastructure. Our work includes: Our SQUINT™ app lets election officials report disinformation…
Paper ballots, risk-limiting audits can help defend elections and democracy, IU study finds
With just over two months before the 2020 election, three professors at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business offer a comprehensive review of how other nations are seeking to protect their democratic institutions and presents how a multifaceted, targeted approach is needed to achieve that goal in the U.S., where intelligence officials have warned that Russia and other rivals are again attempting to undermine our democracy.