What’s in Australia’s New Laws on Foreign Interference in Domestic Politics
The package includes broad new offenses and a foreign agent registration scheme aimed not merely at catching people engaged in foreign interference but also providing transparency to the public and...
View ArticleUncomfortable Questions in the Wake of Russia Indictment 2.0 and Trump’s...
What the Mueller indictment means for blowback against U.S. officials, reciprocal interference by the United States, the state of U.S. preparation against renewed adversary electoral operations, and...
View ArticleCybersecurity Fallout From the Partisan Divide Over Russian Election...
A recent poll suggests the importance of not conflating the concepts of campaign “meddling” and cyber issue.
View ArticleTransatlantic Techlash Continues as U.K. and U.S. Lawmakers Release Proposals...
Papers released by a U.K. parliamentary committee and Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner are a first step toward concrete suggestions for regulating technology companies.
View ArticleHow the U.S. Has Failed to Protect the 2018 Election—and Four Ways to Protect...
If the U.S. government stays on its current course, it risks allowing elections to become the World Cup of information warfare.
View ArticleFederal Court Ruling in Georgia Shows Judges Have a Role to Play in Election...
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia recognized that the well-known risk of election hacking is of constitutional significance—and that courts can do something about it.
View ArticleForeign Election Interference in the Founding Era
The problem of foreign interference in U.S. elections goes back to the earliest days of the republic.
View ArticleDocument: Joint Intelligence Community Statement on Election Day Preparations
On Nov. 6, 2018—Election Day—the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a joint statement, along with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and the FBI,...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Start Thinking About Election Security in 2020
For elections to work, it is not sufficient that they produce an accurate tally of the votes cast. They must also convince the public that the tally is accurate.
View ArticleLivestream: House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on Election Security
The House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing on election security on Wednesday, February 13th at 10:00am. The panel will hear testimony from Christopher C. Krebs, Director,...
View ArticleSenate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Active Measures: Part One
The Senate Intelligence Committee released a redacted report on Russian active measures campaigns in the 2016 election. This document, reportedly the first of five volumes, is titled, “Volume 1:...
View ArticleHow to Protect Elections—From the President
Protecting elections against threats, foreign and domestic, will require a broad response to the president’s efforts to manipulate elections to his advantage.
View ArticleAn Op-Ed From the Future on Election Security
A potential Lawfare piece from New Year’s Day 2021, following a not-quite-worst-case scenario of election interference.
View ArticleSenate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Active Measures: Part Two
The Senate Intelligence Committee released a redacted report on Russian active measures campaigns in the 2016 election. This document, reportedly the second of five volumes, is titled, “Volume 2:...
View ArticleLivestream: Government Officials Testify on Securing America's Elections
Today, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on securing America's elections. The committee will hear testimony from Matthew Masterson, a senior cybersecurity adviser at the Department of...
View ArticleElection Security After Iowa
The disaster of the Iowa caucuses is a vivid illustration of how public reaction to a mishap can be worse than the mishap itself.
View ArticleStates and Cities Could Use Billions of Unspent DHS Grants to #Protect2020
Rather than waiting on Congress, states can use unspent funds for cybersecurity.
View ArticleTen Recommendations to Ensure a Healthy and Trustworthy 2020 Election
The COVID-19 pandemic will fundamentally change the 2020 election. How can the U.S. protect the election while ensuring public health?
View ArticleReducing One Source of a Potential Election Meltdown
The coronavirus could generate an enormous shift toward voting by mail in the 2020 general election—magnifying the risk of political chaos if the seeming “winner” on election night turns out to have...
View ArticleEuropean Elections In a Time of Coronavirus
Among the many things affected by COVID-19 is the electoral process. European leaders are struggling with scheduled local, regional, parliamentary, and presidential elections.
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