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Published on 07.06.2018
Election Security Spotlight – PhishingWhat is it Phishing occurs when malicious actors masquerade as legitimate entities during electronic communication in an attempt to compromise sy...
Published on 06.22.2018
Election Security Spotlight – PasswordsWhat it is Passwords are a critical yet basic authentication mechanism in information security that consists of a combination of alphabetic, nume...
Published on 06.19.2018
Election Security Spotlight – PatchingWhat it is Patching is the process of applying available updates to an operating system, website, software, hardware, or plugin. In information s...
Published on 06.19.2018
Election Security Spotlight – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)What it is Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is an Internet communication protocol used to encrypt and securely transmit information be...
Published on 05.07.2018
Election Security Spotlight – TyposquattingWhat it is Typosquatting attempts to take advantage of typographical errors (i.e. “typos”) introduced by users when URLs are typed directly into ...
Published on 04.27.2018
Election Security Spotlight – CIA TriadWhat it is The CIA Triad is a benchmark model in information security designed to govern and evaluate how an organization handles data when it is...
Published on 04.20.2018
Election Security Spotlight – Cyber Kill Chain®What it is Earlier this week, US-CERT released a Joint Technical Alert (TA18-106A) detailing state-sponsored Russian cyber activity targeting pri...
Published on 04.13.2018
Election Security Spotlight – Principle of Least PrivilegeWhat it is The principle of least privilege recommends that users, systems, and processes only have access to resources (networks, systems, and f...
Published on 04.06.2018
Election Security Spotlight – RansomwareWhat it is Ransomware is a type of malware (malicious software) that blocks access to a, system, device, or file until a ransom is paid. Maliciou...
Published on 03.30.2018
Election Security Spotlight – EncryptionWhat it is Encryption is the process whereby data is converted from a readable form (i.e., plaintext), to an encoded form (i.e., ciphertext). Thi...
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