Leveraging Electronic Balloting Options in COVID
Shares insights from CISA on managing new attack surfaces and security trade-offs introduced by rapid shifts to electronic and absentee balloting.
Summary
Pandemic Impacts on American Voting Infrastructure
The COVID-19 pandemic forced rapid structural transformations across U.S. elections, including massive shifts toward mail-in voting, consolidated polling places, and staffing shortages.
Emerging Attack Surfaces in Expanded Systems
Rapidly scaling online ballot request portals, postal ballot tracking software, and remote processing facilities introduced new potential points of failure and targeted disruption.
CISA Election Infrastructure Security Strategy
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) worked closely with state and local election officials to evaluate risk profiles and provide technical mitigation guidance.
Preserving Public Credibility in Election Outcomes
Safeguarding the integrity of pandemic-adapted voting systems requires transparent administrative procedures, multi-factor authentication, and resilient audit infrastructure.
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