A Panel with the Feds on Election Security Introduction
Presents opening introductions for federal agency participants joining the panel on election infrastructure defense.
Summary
This introductory segment introduces the marquee "Panel with the Feds on Election Security" in the DEF CON 28 Safe Mode Voting Village, presenting the professional backgrounds of federal officials and cybersecurity leaders convening to discuss the defense of the 2020 U.S. elections [00:11].
The introduction profiles panel participants: David Bordino (National Security Agency Election Security Lead), Brigadier General William Hartman (Commander, Cyber National Mission Force, U.S. Cyber Command), Matt Masterson (Senior Cybersecurity Advisor, Department of Homeland Security CISA), Cynthia Kaiser (Deputy Chief of Analysis for National Security Cyber Threats, FBI), Maurice Turner (Senior Advisor, U.S. Election Assistance Commission), and panel moderator Bryson Bort (Founder of SCYTHE and GRIMM, and Co-Founder of the ICS Village) [00:25]. The bios underscore the cross-agency collaboration between intelligence, military, law enforcement, and civil election administrators in mitigating foreign threat actor interference in American democratic processes.
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