CISA’s Krebs cites three big changes in ‘night and day’ comparison of election security in ’16, this year

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs is pointing to three major developments as underpinning his assertion that there’s a “night and day” difference between security preparations undertaken for the 2020 elections and those in place in 2016.

Krebs spoke today during the opening of the Black Hat USA 2020 virtual briefings, delivering pre-recorded remarks followed by a live chat.

He cited the emergence of a “vibrant community” around election security over the past four years, “a better...