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Published on 02.05.2019
Election Security Spotlight – Worldwide Threat AssessmentWhat it is The “Worldwide Threat Assessment” is released annually by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and provides an o...
Published on 02.01.2019
Election Security Spotlight – NIST Cybersecurity FrameworkWhat it is The National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) is a set of voluntary standards, guidelines, bes...
Published on 01.28.2019
Election Security Spotlight – CAPTCHAWhat it is The Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) is a challenge-response test to determine if ...
Published on 01.07.2019
Election Security Spotlight – DoxingWhat it is Doxing is the malicious identification and online publication of information about an individual. It can include Personally Identified...
Published on 01.03.2019
Election Security Spotlight – Business Email Compromise ScamWhat it is Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams attempt to deceive organizations into sending money or employee’s personally identifiable inform...
Published on 01.03.2019
Election Security Spotlight – BackupsWhat it is A backup is a copy of the system or network’s data for file restoration or archival purposes. Backups are an essential part of a conti...
Published on 11.14.2018
Election Security Spotlight – MalwareWhat it is Malware is malicious software or software designed to perform malicious actions on a device. It can be introduced to a system in vario...
Published on 10.22.2018
Election Security Spotlight – Common Malicious Email CampaignsWhat it is Malicious email campaigns attempt to trick a recipient into revealing confidential information, downloading malware, or sending money....
Published on 10.02.2018
Election Security Spotlight – Web AttacksWhat it is A web attack targets vulnerabilities in websites to gain unauthorized access, obtain confidential information, introduce malicious con...
Published on 09.17.2018
Election Security Spotlight – SpoofingWhat it is Spoofing occurs when cyber threat actors seek to disguise their true identity by falsifying the sender of the message in order to tric...
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