Election Security Tools Resources Cis

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) and the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC) provides many resources to support the cybersecurity needs of the election community. The resources below include guidance on security best practices developed by a global community of cybersecurity experts that are ...

The toolkit provides both an election security risk profile tool to assess risk as well as tools and services focused on protecting the election infrastructure assets most commonly targeted by phishing, ransomware, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

Sep 27, 2023 About the Essential Guide to Election Security; How to Use the Essential Guide to Election Security; Level 1 Worksheets; Mapping to the Handbook for Election Infrastructure Security; Primer on Election Infrastructure Security. A Primer on Election Infrastructure Security; Election Systems and Their Network Connections; Voter Registration; Pollbooks

As the lead federal agency responsible for national election security, CISAthrough the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC)has compiled a toolkit of free services and tools intended to help state and local government officials, election officials, and vendors enhance the cybersecurity and cyber resilience of U.S. election infrastructure.

CISAs election security resource library provides voluntary, no-cost informational resources for use by state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) governments; private sector election infrastructure partners; and the public. These resources are designed to enhance the security and resilience of election infrastructure by helping ...

Jan 12, 2023 The CIS Critical Security Controls are a prioritized set of actions that collectively form a defense-in-depth set of best practices that mitigate the most common attacks against systems and networks. They are developed by a consensus-based community of cybersecurity experts and are globally accepted security best practices.

Sep 30, 2022 In early 2018, CIS, with significant contributions from the election community, published its Handbook for Election Infrastructure Security, a guide to assist election offices in defending their IT systems from cybersecurity threat actors. It consisted of 88 best practices to mitigate risk across all types of election equipment.

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Sep 27, 2023 Index of Best Practices - Essential Guide to Election Security. Index of Best Practices # The following table lists the best practices and indicated if they have actions associated with them for each maturity level and if they are a priority action (Priority) for each maturity level.

Elections Infrastructure Security. Part 1: Introduction. Part 2: Elections Systems and Risk. Part 3: Mitigating System Risk. https://www.cisecurity.org/elections-resources/ CIS would like to recognize the following individuals and organizations for their support in creating this handbook.

Oct 3, 2022 CIS and the EI-ISAC are available to provide a wide range of resources to support the cybersecurity needs of the election community. The EI-ISAC and Multi-State ISAC ( MS-ISAC ) are supported by CISA, and all three provide tools, resources, and support to election officials.

Mar 11, 2023 The Agency provides resources on election security for both the public and election officials at all levels and will remain transparent and agile in its vigorous efforts to protect Americas election infrastructure against new and evolving threats.

Jan 12, 2023 Cost-Effective Tools# CIS Enterprise Asset Inventory Worksheet: An excel workbook suitable for small operations with a limited number of assets. GCA Cybersecurity Toolkit for Elections: Know What You Have: A toolbox with links to free tools relevant to this best practice

Jan 12, 2023 CISs A Guide for Ensuring Security in Election Technology Procurements: Provides model procurement language that election officials can use to communicate their security priorities, better understand vendor security procedures, and facilitate a more precise cybersecurity dialogue with the private sector. Mapping to CIS Controls and Safeguards #

November 11, 2022. Election Security, Risk Management. By adhering to cybersecurity best practices, election organizationsincluding state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governmentscan improve the security of their election systems.

Election Infrastructure Security Resource Guide. Election Security. A catalog of CISA's wide range services and products (cybersecurity assessments, on-site and virtual trainings and exercises, and other resources) available to support State and local election officials.

Security in Election Technology. /elections-resources. Procurements. (2019) Security Best Practices for Non-Voting Election Technology (2019) Election Infrastructure Supply Chain Guidance (2020) Election Benchmarks. (2020) Election Infrastructure Security Handbook. Release Feb 2018, v2 coming in 2020. 88 best practices.

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