Jeff Franklin Named Chief Cybersecurity Officer for Iowa's Secretary of State’s Office
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announced the hiring of Jeff Franklin to bolster the state’s election cybersecurity. Franklin served as the State of Iowa’s Chief Information Security Officer for the past 10 years. His expertise will help protect Iowa’s elections in 2020 and beyond.
Franklin worked extensively with the Secretary of State’s Office during his time at the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). That partnership resulted in the implementation of election cybersecurity tools in all 99 Iowa counties, including training, monitoring, intrusion detection and malware prevention.