Strong Elections Are Cyber STRONG…Are You?

With real and persistent cyber threats to the election community, securing your elections has never been more important.

Becoming Cyber STRONG

Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility. At the EI-ISAC, we believe the security of the entire election community is better when we work together. Our role is to support the entire community with tools and best practices to help keep our elections Cyber STRONG. By taking the following decisive actions, you can make huge strides toward securing the election process in your jurisdiction, continuing the important work you're already doing to instill public confidence in the election process.

Stay Connected

Stay connected with the larger election community.

Action: Sign up to become a member of the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC).

Level of Effort: 10 minutes

Benefit: The EI-ISAC has a community of 3,000+ election offices that actively meet and help you stay up-to-date on the latest election-focused threats. Members get instant access to no-cost cybersecurity tools and election-specific cyber threat intelligence.

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Stay Connected

Stay connected with the larger election community.

Action: Sign up to become a member of the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC).

Level of Effort: 10 minutes

Benefit: The EI-ISAC has a community of 3,000+ election offices that actively meet and help you stay up-to-date on the latest election-focused threats. Members get instant access to no-cost cybersecurity tools and election-specific cyber threat intelligence.

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Train and Communicate

Train your employees, including seasonal employees, on recognizing and reporting phishing emails, insider threats, and other malicious activity.

Action: Implement phishing and insider threat training for all employees, regularly run phishing exercises, and retrain as necessary.

Level of Effort: 1 hour to start, 15 minutes/month

Benefit: Reduce the risk of your election office becoming a victim of phishing attacks, swatting, insider threats, and more.

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Ready Your Network

Proactively block harmful network traffic.

Action: Sign up for our no-cost web security solution, Malicious Domain Blocking & Reporting (MDBR). Get device-level cyber defense. Enroll your workstations and servers in our no-cost Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) service. Contact [email protected] for more information.

Level of Effort: As little as 15 minutes

Benefit: Reduce the risk of malware and ransomware incidents at no cost. 

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Own Your Environment

Take ownership of your environment by proactively addressing threats.

Action: Enroll in VDP

Level of Effort: As little as one hour

Benefit: Mitigate risk of cyber attack before the attack happens.

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Nurture Your Cyber Strength Cyber Strong

Learn about best practices in election security.

Action: The Essential Guide to Election Security  is your first-stop resource for election officials to build a program designed to meet individual needs and abilities of any given election office.

The Election Technology Procurements Guide helps election officials ensure security is accounted for in their election technology procurements.

Level of Effort: As little as one hour

Benefit: Assess your cyber maturity and develop a cyber improvement plan. 

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Go tell your story and share with your community

Raise awareness in your community.

ActionEducate voters, candidates, and local media about threats to be on the lookout for.

Level of Effort: Ongoing

Benefit: Raise public confidence in elections in your jurisdiction.

Are You In?     

Making use of these no-cost, easy-to-implement tools, you can dramatically increase your election security. At the EI-ISAC, your security is our priority. If you want to learn more about how your election office can be Cyber STRONG, let’s talk!

Connect with an account specialist at [email protected]. And if you’re committed to these simple steps, download our custom Cyber STRONG logo to display in your election offices and feature in your email signature.

Learn how in Learn how the EI-ISAC can support election security in your jurisdiction.

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