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Planning Desk, Week E-27: Formatting Your Incident Response Plan
Election officials bear responsibility for election security, so they need their own election-specific Incident Response Plan to address situations that may impact election infrastructure. Whether ... Read more
Save the Date: Physical Security First-Things-First
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Cybersecurity Fast Wins: Five Steps Every Election Office Can Take This Month
You run elections. You should not need a six figure budget or a dedicated cybersecurity team to run a secure office. The highest impact steps ... Read more
Advisory: Backdoor Access Installed in WordPress Website Plugins
WordPress is free, open-source software used to build and run websites. It powers more than 40 percent of the sites on the internet (W3Techs, April ... Read more
Where AI Meets Elections: What Officials Need to Demand
By Spencer Wood Recently, Anthropic (makers of Claude) announced that its latest AI model found thousands of previously unknown security flaws in every major operating ... Read more
Newsletter: Issue 12
In this edition of the Election Security Exchange Newsletter: In This Issue: Situation Room: Missteps in election night reporting highlight the importance of preparing to ... Read more
Situation Room: Reporting Errors Reveal Operational Vulnerabilities
Elections are highly complex processes, and each process and step carries the risk of human or technical error. Ballot counting and results reporting are not ... Read more
Planning Desk, Week E-28: Building All-Hazards Resilience
While the causes of emergencies vary greatly, the potential effects do not. This means that jurisdictions can plan to deal with effects common to several ... Read more
Safeguarding Election Officials: Practical Strategies for Managing Doxing Risks
Election officials should not have to choose between doing their job and keeping their family safe. Doxing is a real threat to election officials and ... Read more
Planning Desk, Week E-29: Respond Smarter with All-Hazards Planning
Election security and resilience demands preparedness, and that includes understanding your responsibilities during an incident and taking action with confidence. Having an Incident Response Plan ... Read more
Secure elections require proactive planning and decisive response. This nonpartisan resource library focuses on election security, including the physical, operational, and cyber dimensions of election administration. Each tool reflects industry best practices and can be customized for use by any election office. Consult your state or county attorney to see if you can use them.