Survey on Additional Elections Security Needs

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* 1. Please enter your first name.

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* 2. Please enter your last name.

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* 3. Please select your county.

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* 4. Please enter the municipality you represent (enter "n/a" if you are from the county).

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* 5. What is your role within your jurisdiction?

Clerk

Deputy Clerk

IT Director

City/Village/Town Board Member

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Beyond the baseline requirements, the Wisconsin Elections Commission may would like to know the election security needs of local jurisdictions. From the list below, please indicate which options your jurisdiction is interested in implementing.

Additional Computer Hardware or Operating System Upgrades.
Upgrade additional laptops or computers used for elections duties not covered in the initial subgrant.

Additional Elections Security Training.
Provide untrained staff opportunities to receive elections security training.

Additional Support for IT Services.
Extend the life of the contract or level of support from IT service professionals.

Cyber Insurance.
When cyber events like a ransomware attack occur, cyber insurance can provide recovery resources, costs for repairs, and help you resume services to the community.

Election Management System Software Upgrades.
Counties may be able to upgrade to versions of their voting equipment's election management system that contain additional security features, such as encrypted data storage.

Establish Data Back-Ups.
Recover data quickly by setting up and maintaining secure data back-ups for your information systems.

Implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) For Email Account.
Adding MFA to an email account is one of the most important security steps that can be implemented. Compromised email is a common path for cyber attacks. Ensuring that unauthorized parties cannot gain access to email is critical because other passwords and accounts can be reset from an email account. If an email account is compromised, any downstream user accounts elsewhere can be compromised as well.

Make Email Security Improvements.
Email security enhancements may include enabling TLS encryption, implementing SPF, DKIM, or DMARC to quarantine messages, disabling links in e-mail (a/k/a “URL defanging”) or acquiring endpoint protection with e-mail client integration.

Obtain a @wi.gov Email Address.
Take advantage of an official government email address with security features from DET.

Obtain a Private Internet Connection for the Jurisdiction.
Maintaining reliable and private internet access reduces exposure to security risks from public networks.

Procure Security Assessments.
Security assessments identify vulnerabilities in organizational information systems and the environments in which those systems operate.

Purchase Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS).
Use an IDPS, like an Albert Sensor, to identify possible incidents, log information about them, attempt to stop them, and report them to security administrators. This option is more appropriate for county jurisdictions than for most municipalities.

Purchase Materials to Support Contingency Planning.
Prepare your jurisdiction or polling places to respond in the event of a power outage, weather event, or other emergency.

Renew Endpoint Protection.
Renew anti-malware/virus software subscription and upgrade firewalls to keep the system up to date (keep definitions up to date, automatic updates, alert and block suspicious activity).

Upgrade Voting Equipment.
Enhance the security of your voting equipment, if security enhancements are available (Ex. ES&S EVS 6050 - Secure Results Transmission) .

Physical Security Upgrades.
Ensure your elections related hardware, voting equipment, and paperwork are locked away and protected when not in use.

Miscellaneous.
Other election security improvements proposed by the jurisdiction and subject to approval by the WEC Administrator.

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* 7. Please provide any additional comments or concerns regarding election security including ideas, special situations, or questions you would like staff feedback on in the space below.

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* 8. Please provide the email and phone number to reach you at for follow up questions.

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