Chris Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at the Department of Homeland Security, spoke with “CBS This Morning” about his concerns for the 2020 elections.
On election night 2020, dozens of states will have members of their National Guard cyber teams ready and waiting to deal with attacks on their voting systems.“The election network security is a very state-centric thing,” said Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel. “It’s not military responsibility, or National Guard responsibility, to secure it. We’re an additive measure.”
More information here:
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/11/05/the-national-guard-is-shoring-up-to-fight-2020-election-hacking/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2020-presidential-election-homeland-security-official-says-russian-foreign-interference-threat-remains/
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