Those groups, along with officials from the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the app's developers, also participated together in election threat simulations.
"CISA remains committed to securing the 2020 election and has engaged with both parties, as well as state and local election officials, in support of that effort," Matt Masterson, a senior cybersecurity adviser at the agency, said in a statement.
.DDC is designed to be a one-stop shop for campaigns to get protections against phishing, websites and mobile app security, multi-factor authentication through security keys, and more.
The Democratic National Committee has also reviewed the app and the caucus security plans, and said it confident that the Iowa Democratic Party was taking "the security of their caucuses extremely seriously from all perspectives," David Bergstein, a DNC spokesperson, said in a statement.
Following a series of tense congressional hearings on election interference starting in 2018, the major social media platforms have enacted policies against false information intended to manipulate voting. New lines of communication allow election and security officials to flag items to the platforms for potential takedown or limiting how virally they spread. Among the security procedures put in place for 2020, caucusgoers will also receive a physical, numbered presidential preference card to record their choice, which will be delivered to the Iowa Democratic Party through an established chain of custody.
Washington Post takes a different vantage point, just full of cheerier and assuring prognoses:
Political campaigns might not have the time or money to seek out tech talent and services in their busiest season, even as concerns loom about election hacking and interference. A political odd couple is trying to change that. DDC is designed to be a one-stop shop for campaigns to get protections against phishing, websites and mobile app security, multi-factor authentication through security keys, and more.Cloudflare has said many campaigns were already using the free version of its service, while others were paying for additional protections. The company has provided protection to 18 of the 32 U.S. presidential campaigns, and at least 23 U.S. Senate campaigns. But with the DDC partnership, Cloudflare will be able to provide business-level services to campaigns for free.
"Congressional campaigns that were using our free service already," Starzak said. "The good thing about this project is it will make a broader set of services for free. They already know what they can get."
Partnerships like DDC could go a long way in helping campaigns improve their tech-savvy and security practices heading into 2020 which experts could help candidates avoid some of the same technical pitfalls and security exposed by the Russian interference in 2016.
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