The latest news comes from a really interesting article from The Hill written by JACQUELINE THOMSEN:

The Department of Homeland Security’s top cyber official said Wednesday that he will focus on ensuring election officials are using basic cybersecurity techniques to counter cyber threats to the 2020 presidential election.

Christopher Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), testified before the House Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee on homeland security that his agency’s new “Protect 2020” initiative will focus on making sure that state and local officials are prepared for the upcoming presidential election.

He said that the project will focus on “broadening the reach and depth of assistance to state and local officials,” on top of emphasizing the need to audit elections, patch vulnerabilities in election systems and develop cybersecurity priorities for state and local election officials.

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