Security News > 2020 > August > Federal Program Offers New Cybersecurity Tool for Elections
Under a $2.2 million pilot program that began in March, the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity agency in partnership with the Center for Internet Security has been deploying software to election offices.
Officials said the effort was just the latest in steps taken to shore up cybersecurity since the 2016 presidential election.
The pilot program is different from a group of 269 monitoring devices, known as Albert sensors, that were deployed earlier by the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency and the Center for Internet Security that monitors traffic touching election networks.
David Levine with the Alliance for Securing Democracy told committee members that many local election offices lack the resources to boost cybersecurity defenses.
An effort by Democrats to send $3.6 billion to states to help cover pandemic-related costs for elections has stalled, and Republicans' latest proposal for coronavirus relief did not include funds for elections.