'Election Protection' Aims to Secure Candidates Running for Office

The kit is designed to prevent credential theft targeting people running for federal, state, and local elected offices.

Dark Reading Staff, Dark Reading

August 14, 2018

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The Cybersecurity Election Protection Toolkit, released today by Thycotic, aims to protect US election candidates and their employees during campaigns for federal, state, and local office.

Thycotic specializes in privileged access management, and its goal with this tool is to prevent credential theft. Its free kit addresses common means to target elections: getting unsuspecting people to download malware, cracking weak passwords, and stealing confidential information.

What's inside: a digital edition of Cybersecurity for Dummies, an incident response template to help plan for an attack, and a poster template to hang in campaign offices to educate staffers on how to stay safe online and protect their credentials. The kit also provides access to a free password strength checker and strong password checker, both available online.

Read more details here.

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