The Department of Homeland Security Meets with Supervisors of Elections After Two County Elections Confirmed Hacked in 2016 – Central Florida News
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The Department of Homeland Security recommended multi-authenticated passwords and limited administrator access to systems. Photo: Flickr Creative Commons
Cybersecurity experts from the Department of Homeland Security met with Supervisors of Elections in Florida to discuss ways to make elections more secure.
The Summer Conference of the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections was in Daytona Beach this year.
Osceola County Supervisor of Elections Mary Jane Arrington says her employees have received additional training in cyber threats to voting systems since finding out two counties were hacked during the 2016 elections.
And she says security experts have done walkthroughs of the physical premises to point out weaknesses.
āWeāve really secured our physical security where it would be really hard for anyone to get into our system.ā
Leon County Supervisor of Elections Mark Early says his county has already gotten the network monitoring system called Albert which would alert him if thereās a cyber attack.
And all the other counties throughout the state will soon follow suit.
āIn the next say week or two weāre going to have all 67 counties covered by Albert sensors. Thereās a lot of other network securities going into place so we feel good about all this.ā
Read all theĀ safety tips DHS has recommended for secure electionsĀ so far including:Ā
- using multi-authenticated passwords
- limiting the number of administrator accounts
- keeping a log of normal, baseline activity for a system
The conference corresponds with Governor Ron DeSantisā latest executive order that calls on Secretary of State Laurel Lee to conduct a review of election security.Ā
I directed @FLSecofState to initiate a review of Florida's elections security systems and cyber security. While 2016 election outcomes were not compromised, it is critical to protect the security of our elections which are the bedrock of our democracy.
ā Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) May 22, 2019
The FBI revealed that the elections records of two Florida counties were hacked by Russian agents during the 2016 election.
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