Paper products rejoice! South Carolina legislature will consider requiring paper ballots. S374 (2019 |SC)
Politico | Two states are placing election security on their agenda this week.
Category Archives: election data breach
Lege TREND. +1 State Bill to address election security with audits
What is special about Rhode Island’s newly implemented risk limiting audits?
- the gold standard of ballot audits
- Rhode Island is the 2nd state to adopt risk limiting audits in elections
Rhode Island Assembly | General Assembly passes Sheehan, Ajello bill that would establish a post-election audit program | (2017-S 0413A, 2017-H 5704A)
Lege TREND. Top Data Security State Legislation in 2019.
- California Privacy Act. Will other states replicate it? Is it the US solution for GDPR?
- Federal Preemption. Will Congress pass federal data breach notification standards?
- Data Privacy Requirements for Internet of Things. Privacy standards for your home thermostat, etc… See California’s SB 327 (2018)
- Will small businesses get a carve out bill? See S770 (115th Congress)
- Federal Preemption of Data Encryption Standards for Business
Should cyber security bills include "fake news"?
Stanford researchers and other professors looking at this federal definition of cybersecurity:
Prevention of damage to, protection of, and restoration of computers, electronic communications systems, electronic communications services, wire communication, and electronic communication, including information contained therein, to ensure its availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and nonrepudiation
think that the definition is outdated and needs to reflect the use of…
3 Ways Washington State is Protecting Election Security
- In 2018 it passed mandatory post election audits HB 2406 (WA | 2018)
- Utilizing national guard during election day that also hold day jobs in the state’s largest cyber security companies
- Requires voting vendors to disclose breaches of their equipmen.
#1 Way to Avoid Election Hackers. Procurement Opportunities..
A newly report titled “Email and Internet Voting: The Overlooked Threat to Election Security.” It’s a collaboration between the National Election Defense Coalition, the Association for Computing Machinery, R Street and Common Cause lists this as the best way to protect elections:
paper ballots
Politico | HIGH-TECH, LOW SECURITY
50% of Voting Machines Hackable. New Report. What you need to know:
A Def Con report to Congress on Thursday will say:
- 50% of voting machines are hackable
- The defect is traceable back to a 2007 report by the OH Secretary of State
- The hacking can occur remotely or when the hacker has physical contact with the machine
WallStreet Journal | Voting Machine Used in Half of U.S. Is Vulnerable to Attack, Report Finds
Campaign Trend. Devices and Campaigns. What's preferred?
Campaign entity: The DNC
The data device policy: Eliminate Android, espcially ZTE devices. Retain iphones.
Is there a campaign officer for security? Yes, chief information security officer, the former chief information security officer at Yahoo
Forbes | Democrat Cyber Defenders Are Purging Androids In Favor Of iPhones
New Study. Center for Election Innovation & Research. 5 Take Aways.
Survey of states about voter registration database security reveals:
- STATES ARE IMPROVING AND IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES
- multi factor identification for access is crucial
- system iuntegrity is crucial- staff and security
- consistent auditing of security systems
- train employees about phishing
Lege TREND. Creating an Office of Elections Security. 9 Policy Goals for Secure Elections.
California’s AB 3075 (2018 | CA) which will require the Office of Elections Cybersecurity within the California Secretary of State’s office to:
(1) Coordinate efforts between the Secretary of State and local elections officials
(2) Monitor and counteract false or misleading information regarding the electoral process that is published online or on other platforms and that may suppress voter participation or cause confusion and disruption of the orderly and secure administration of elections.
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