Democracy nonprofit launches project to aid elections officials on cybersecurity

The nonprofit advocacy group Center for Democracy and Technology on Friday announced a new initiative to provide local elections administrators with additional support as they attempt to defend their infrastructure from cyberattacks.

The work is to be led by Geoff Hale, a former election-security associate director at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. According to the group’s press materials, the new project aims to “strengthen mechanisms that provide timely, actionable research and analysis to support the cybersecurity and resilience of vital election processes.”