IT info-sharing group creates 'Super-ISAC' to secure elections

The Information Technology-Information Sharing and Analysis Center has joined forces with vendors and service providers for the nation's election infrastructure to boost defenses against cyber attacks in advance of the midterms.

“The goal of the EI-SIG -- or ‘the SIG’ -- is to scale up the sharing that’s happening through our companies within the private sector to develop a ‘Super-ISAC’ capability,” said Kay Stimson, chair of the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Council, in a statement issued Wednesday. “This proactive move...