Security News > 2020 > September > SpyCloud and CyberDefenses join forces on election security effort
Two cybersecurity companies focused on election security are teaming up ahead of the November elections to protect dozens of states from a variety of potential attacks on voting infrastructure.
This week SpyCloud and CyberDefenses announced a partnership that will see the companies help one in every five election jurisdictions in the United States with cybersecurity around digital election tools.
More than 120 election officials across 31 states told the Brennan Center that their voting equipment was outdated and needed to be replaced before the election in 2020.
According to a press release, officials from CyberDefenses said the company "Provides election jurisdictions with security services, including assessments that evaluate their processes and risks to cyberattacks" while SpyCloud focuses on breach data and fraud prevention solutions that help back up CyberDefenses' assessments and continuously check election-related accounts against breach data used by criminals.
In a white paper sent to TechRepublic, the company explained that election security has moved far beyond just protecting the physical voting machines, which is still an issue as well.