Elections at Risk: Global Threats / Local Impact


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Adversaries are using cyber-weapons to conduct psychological operations to influence the hearts and minds of voters and interfere with elections. Combatting cyberattacks and social media manipulation is critical to the preservation of the voting process. Come behind the headlines to learn about vulnerabilities, attacks and consensus recommendations for strong and resilient election systems.

Learning Objectives:
1: Understand the techniques being used to attack the US election infrastructure.
2: Understand how adversaries supplement system attacks with social media to undermine confidence.
3: Become familiar with techniques to detect/thwart attacks on registration, voting and tally systems.

Pre-Requisites:
Familiarity with concept of “daily newspaper”; a high school course in United States history, including study of the US Constitution, is highly desirable.
Participants
Michael Aisenberg

Participant

Chair, Information Security Committee, American Bar Association (ABA)

Serge Jorgensen

Participant

Founding Partner/CTO, Sylint Group

Robert Martin

Participant

Sr. Software and Supply Chain Assurance Principal Engineer, MITRE

Kay Stimson

Participant

VP, Government Affairs, Dominion Voting Systems

Lucy Thomson

Participant

Principal, Livingston PLLC


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