State groups emphasize efforts to build relationships with CISA ahead of Election Day, as agency works to refocus mission

Two groups representing state election officials are highlighting their past work with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to deepen relationships ahead of Election Day, as the agency works to refocus its mission to protecting critical infrastructure and federal networks under the direction of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the White House.

Elections were designated as a critical infrastructure subsector at the end of the Obama administration in 2017 under the Department of Homeland Security, which gave the...