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Published on 09.06.2018
Election Security Spotlight – BotsWhat it is Bots are automated applications or scripts designed to perform repetitive tasks without requiring human input. Overall, bot activity c...
Published on 08.20.2018
Election Security Spotlight – Black, Gray, & White Hat HackersWhat it is The term “hacking” is most commonly used in reference to illegal, malicious, or illicit cyber activity. However, within the informatio...
Published on 08.06.2018
Election Security Spotlight – Social EngineeringWhat is it Social engineering is the use of deception to manipulate individuals into providing a particular response, generally for a fraudulent ...
Published on 07.20.2018
Election Security Spotlight – Email BombsWhat is it An email bomb is an attack against an email inbox or server designed to overwhelm an inbox or inhibit the server’s normal function, re...
Published on 07.06.2018
Election Security Spotlight – PhishingWhat is it Phishing occurs when malicious actors masquerade as legitimate entities during electronic communication in an attempt to compromise sy...
Published on 06.22.2018
Election Security Spotlight – PasswordsWhat it is Passwords are a critical yet basic authentication mechanism in information security that consists of a combination of alphabetic, nume...
Published on 06.19.2018
Election Security Spotlight – PatchingWhat it is Patching is the process of applying available updates to an operating system, website, software, hardware, or plugin. In information s...
Published on 06.19.2018
Election Security Spotlight – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)What it is Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is an Internet communication protocol used to encrypt and securely transmit information be...
Published on 05.07.2018
Election Security Spotlight – TyposquattingWhat it is Typosquatting attempts to take advantage of typographical errors (i.e. “typos”) introduced by users when URLs are typed directly into ...
Published on 04.27.2018
Election Security Spotlight – CIA TriadWhat it is The CIA Triad is a benchmark model in information security designed to govern and evaluate how an organization handles data when it is...
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