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Cyber

CISA Publishes Strategic Plan To Bolster 2020 Election Security

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 18th, 2020

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CISA Publishes Strategic Plan To Bolster 2020 Election Security

Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS. Photo: DHS

Ahead of the presidential and congressional elections this November, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this month released a strategic plan for how it is working with state, local and campaign officials to strengthen their cyber security postures. The #Protect2020 Strategic Plan combines guiding principles and lines of effort that CISA has been pursuing for more than a year to improve election security in the U.S. following Russian attempts to subvert the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Highlighting…

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