Security News > 2020 > June > Can we safeguard the election infrastructure from cyber attacks?

70 percent of security professionals believe their local governments cannot adequately safeguard the election infrastructure against domestic and international cyber attacks.

"Many of the cyber attacks targeting elections come from machines, which can automatically spread information and direct attacks on the systems that count votes," said Kevin Bocek, vice president of security strategy and threat intelligence at Venafi.

"Security professionals are rightly concerned about cyber threats impacting the democratic process. Organizations may have difficulty curbing deceptive or inaccurate information from people; however, they can keep their machines from spreading malicious disinformation."

"Bocek continued:"The election season is already in process and COVID-19 adds a new layer of security complications.

"As a result, it's not surprising security professionals are concerned that governments won't be able to safeguard election data."

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