https://www.cisa.gov/topics/election-security
In January 2017, the Department of Homeland Security officially designated election infrastructure as a subset of the government facilities sector, making clear that election infrastructure qualifies as critical infrastructure. This designation recognizes that the United States’ election infrastructure is of such vital importance to the American way of life that its incapacitation or destruction would have a devastating effect on the country. Election infrastructure is an assembly of systems and networks that includes, but is not limited to:
-- Voter registration databases and associated IT systems;
-- IT infrastructure and systems used to manage elections (such as the counting, auditing, and displaying of election results, and the post-election reporting to certify and validate results);
-- Voting systems and associated infrastructure;
-- Storage facilities for election and voting system infrastructure; and
-- Polling places (to include early voting locations).
CISA works to secure both the physical security and cybersecurity of the systems and assets that support the Nation’s elections.
CISA’s Role
CISA is committed to working collaboratively with those on the front lines of elections—state and local governments, election officials, federal partners, and private sector partners—to manage risks to the Nation’s election infrastructure. The Agency provides resources on election security for both the public and election officials at all levels and will remain transparent and agile in its vigorous efforts to protect America’s election infrastructure against new and evolving threats.
When
Chris Krebs, head of CISA under Trump, said that the 2020 election was the cleanest in US history, Trump immediately fired him.
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