CISA issues guide for election-system vulnerability reporting, holds nationwide exercise

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency today released a guide for state election officials seeking to establish vulnerability disclosure programs, while CISA also conducted a national exercise this week to test Election Day security preparations.

The vulnerability disclosure guide “aims to help election officials understand the role that the cybersecurity research community can play in helping officials keep systems secure so that the American public’s voice can be clearly heard,” according to CISA. “The guide includes a number of...