Understanding Election Security: Part Two

Attendance: Virtual Event with the option for In-Person attendance at the Quantico Cyber Hub*

Cost: FREE

This event is for State, Local, Election and Tribal government officials ONLY.

During this event, we will cover Part II of  ‘Understanding Election Security’ including a review of four election security scenarios to highlight various risks and discuss lessons learned and how to navigate:

Scenario 1

Press contacts election officials about email being send from the election office about the withdraw of a major candidate from the ballot due to personal reasons.

• A: These emails are not spoofed, but the result of election office backend systems being penetrated and the emails being sent by the adversary using election office systems.
• These emails are spoofed, and all election office systems are clean, but the adversary uses this incident to spread a false claim that the election office has been compromised.

Scenario 2

The election office is contacted about a sample ballot on their website that has clearly modified language in one description of one of the races.

Scenario 3

In Vote-by-Mail state advertising for rogue ballot drop-off locations are found/voters report dropping off their ballots to unofficial location.

Scenario 4

During Election Day the Election office telephone lines are blocked by robocalls, officials publicly listed mobile phones are similarly blocked and office website, epollbook reporting, and emails are blocked by DDOS attack