Assessing the email security controls used by 10,000 U.S. state and local election administrators

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With fewer than 100 days left until Election Day, a new report from Area 1 Security reveals that states are still in widely varying stages of cybersecurity readiness.

  • The majority (53.24 percent) of state and local election administrators have only rudimentary or non-standard technologies to protect themselves from phishing
  • Fewer than 3 out of 10 (28.14 percent) election administrators have basic controls to prevent phishing
  • Fewer than 2 out of 10 (18.61 percent) election administrators have implemented advanced anti-phishing cybersecurity controls
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