Spotlight

Published on 12.13.2019

Election Security Spotlight – Zero-day Exploits and Vulnerabilities

What it is A zero-day exploit is a cyber attack that targets a flaw in a system before developers or the public are aware it exists. Zero-day exp...

Published on 11.25.2019

Election Security Spotlight – Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)

What it is Disaster recovery plans (DRP) seek to quickly redirect available resources into restoring data and information systems following a dis...

Published on 10.11.2019

Election Security Spotlight – Defense in Depth (DiD)

What it is: Defense in Depth (DiD) refers to an information security approach in which a series of security mechanisms and controls are thoughtfu...

Published on 09.13.2019

Election Security Spotlight – Hardware, Software, and Firmware

What it is: Hardware, software, and firmware are the three core components that make up present-day computers and systems. Hardware includes the ...

Published on 08.16.2019

Election Security Spotlight – Top-Level Domains (TLD)

What it is: A top-level domain (TLD), or domain suffix, represents the right-most segment of a domain address, specifically the letters immediate...

Published on 06.28.2019

Election Security Spotlight – Internet Protocol

What it is: Internet Protocol (IP) is the communication standard used to uniquely identify systems on a computer network or across the internet. ...

Published on 06.21.2019

Election Security Spotlight – Cyber Threat Actors

What it is: A Cyber Threat Actor (CTA) is a participant (person or group) in an action or process that is characterized by malice or hostile acti...

Published on 05.20.2019

Election Security Spotlight – Malware Analysis

What it is Malware analysis is the process of examining the attributes or behavior of a particular piece of malware often for the purpose of iden...

MS-ISAC

Published on 05.10.2019

Election Security Spotlight – The Surface Web, Dark Web, and Deep Web

What it is To most users, the internet is what they experience through their email client and web browser every day, but there are a number of ex...

MS-ISAC

Published on 04.05.2019

Election Security Spotlight – Password Attacks

What it is A password attack refers to any of the various methods used to maliciously authenticate into password-protected accounts. These attack...

MS-ISAC

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