Election Security

Cyber threats to democracy are a growing global challenge for government agencies, elected officials, and election campaigns. The election process involves the protection of many attacker-targeted technologies. The need for protection of election campaigns, election administration, and election systems must include third-party and supply chain compromise assessment and mitigation strategies to adequately defend democracies and elections from influence, disruption, and compromise. 

This on-demand course provides an overview of cybersecurity threats along with the fundamentals of strong cybersecurity hygiene. It is designed for both non-technical and technical learners who want to understand how threat actors see their targets, and it shares methods to help mitigate risks.

At the end of this online course, you will be able to:

• Describe basic cybersecurity terminology
• Understand threats to election staff
• Know the importance of these cybersecurity principles:
• Cybersecurity awareness best practices
• Protecting your identity
• Security and social media
• Email and communications security
• Today's threat landscape
• Cybersecurity awareness best practices
• Election security insider threats

Learners will be introduced to foundational elements of cybersecurity risks, including today’s threat landscape, and gain an understanding of how attackers are constantly evolving to exploit vulnerabilities within the election enterprise.

On-demand training.

16 hours.

Content is available for 3 months from date of enrollment.

It can be accessed 24/7 from a standard web browser.

Standard browser with an internet connection to access the course.

$2,000 USD or 2 EOD units.