CISA Releases Election Security Focused Checklists for Both Cybersecurity and Physical Security
WASHINGTON – Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released two election security checklists as part of the comprehensive suite of resources available for election officials, the Physical Security Checklist for Election Offices and Election Infrastructure Cybersecurity Readiness and Resilience Checklist. These checklists are tools to quickly review existing practices and take steps to enhance physical and cyber resilience in preparation for election day.
"Election officials around the country are unwavering in their commitment to enhance the cyber and physical security of election infrastructure to meet an evolving threat environment. As election officials and their teams enter into final preparations for November, these checklists help highlight some of the most common threat vectors, security practices, and resilience measures for consideration," said CISA Senior Advisor, Cait Conley.
These checklists provide a series of questions to guide preparation for potential cyber and physical security incidents that may impact election infrastructure. They help election officials identify areas to potentially enhance physical security, operational resilience, and cybersecurity at election infrastructure facilities and take action to implement low- or no-cost options in the short term.
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