From: The Washington Post
The Cybersecurity 202: Google wants to help political groups fight these cheap but disruptive cyberattacks
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On the other coast, a Google-founded technology incubator is offering political campaigns a free tool to defend against a simpler kind of cyberattack it says could also prove a serious threat to the democratic process.
Jigsaw announced Wednesday that it would start providing political organizations free protection against direct denial of service attacks, which are designed to overload a target with fake traffic. The service, called Project Shield, essentially creates a filter that prevents this malicious traffic from reaching the protected website. It’s part of the “Protect Your Election” initiative, a suite of cybersecurity tools offered by Jigsaw, now owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet.
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