"CISA Conducts Largest Annual Election Security Drills Amid Threats Targeting Voting Systems"
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently led the largest annual election security exercise in the US, collaborating with the Justice Department, the FBI, and other federal participants to strengthen voting systems in the US. According to CISA Director Jen Easterly, the exercise aimed to promote information sharing among federal, state, and local election officials and the protection of equipment and systems before the 2023 and 2024 elections. Local election workers encountered increased cyberattacks during the 2022 midterms, as the FBI warned that cybercriminals were targeting election systems and critical infrastructure. In recent years, CISA has launched several initiatives to strengthen election security and published election security tools and guidelines, such as a cybersecurity toolkit and additional resources to protect voting systems and election operations. This article continues to discuss the election security exercise in which CISA officials coordinated with federal, state, and local agencies to explore hypothetical cybersecurity scenarios that could affect election operations.