DEF CON Safe Mode Voting Village - Jody Westby- Policy Approach to Resolving Cybersecurity Problems

Cybersecurity researchers keep identifying cybersecurity vulnerabilities in voting machines andin the election process, but not much happens in closing identified vulnerabilities. The privatesector vendors involved in voter registration, manufacturing and programming voting machines,and vote tabulation are less than responsive and few have not provided evidence that they havestrong cybersecurity programs that meet best practices and standards and regular have cyberrisk assessments performed. This presentation will put forward a federal policy approach that will help correct these problems and advance the integrity of elections across the country.