From: Government Technology
Washington state, one of 21 states officially notified of an attempted election breach by the Department of Homeland Security, is embarking on a federal pilot to strengthen cybersecurity.
On Monday, Sept. 25, Lori Augino, Washington state’s director of elections, said her agency is poised to embark on a three-month pilot with DHS and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) to immediately improve its four times-a-year elections process.
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“We are always working to expand what we’re doing to ensure that our systems are secure, whether from cyberthreats or physical threats. And so, we’ll be looking at making some immediate improvements to what we’re already doing,” Augino said, describing the effort as a “pilot where we can partner with them in a more ramped up way.”
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