CISA, partners hold annual election security exercise
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in coordination with the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) and the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED), hosted the nation’s annual election security exercise last week, bringing together federal, state, local, and private sector partners for the fourth annual Tabletop the Vote. More than 1,000 participants ran through hypothetical scenarios affecting election operations to share practices around cyber and physical incident planning, preparedness, identification, response, and recovery.
Following the exercise, CISA Director Jen Easterly, and members of the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council Executive Committee including, Director of the National Risk Management Center at CISA Bob Kolasky; U.S. Election Assistance Commission Chairman Donald Palmer; NASS President Maggie Toulouse Oliver; NASED President Michelle Tassinari; and Escambia County (Florida) Supervisor of Elections David Stafford issued the following joint statement: