Free Cybersecurity Toolkit for Elections

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Free and effective tools you can use today to take immediate action to improve the cybersecurity and integrity of our elections.

The toolkit is intended to support election offices and community organizations to improve their resilience against threats posed by malicious actors.

The toolkit is designed to augment the security programs of election offices with free operational tools and guidance that have been selected and curated specifically to implement the recommendations in the CIS Handbook for Elections Infrastructure Security.


Use these free and effective tools and resources to improve your security posture and reduce your risk.

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The GCA Cybersecurity Toolkit for Elections is proudly sponsored by Craig Newmark Philanthropies.


Brian Cute, Global Cyber Alliance
Expert Contributor
“Basic cyber hygiene tools must be available, accessible, and implemented by elections officials everywhere to ensure a baseline of defense for elections processes, particularly for smaller and under-resourced elections offices.”
— Brian Cute, Global Cyber Alliance
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OTHER GCA TOOLS AND PROJECTS

ACT offers an easy-to-use, wiki-style layout that can help you quickly find cybersecurity solutions that fit your unique needs. Using ACT, you can identify cybersecurity solutions to minimize the risk of disruptions to essential services that you and your community rely on.
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AIDE is a threat intelligence platform that collects data from a globally distributed network of honeypots to offer actionable insights into infected Internet infrastructure.
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CyberFlex is a safe space for young adults to explore, learn, and share experiences around cybersecurity and online scams. Stay protected. Stay alert. Stay CyberFlexed.
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DMARC is a mechanism that allows senders and receivers to monitor and improve protection of their domain from fraudulent email. Implementing DMARC ensures mail recipients can detect when spammers have spoofed the “From” address on mail messages. 
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Domain Trust uses the power of data sharing, community building, and mutual agreement to reduce the number and impact of malicious domains. Its data-sharing platform includes 32M+ domains (and growing!), and is working toward identifying industry-validated mechanisms for change.
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The GCA Cybersecurity Toolkits include free and effective tools that organizations can use to reduce cyber risk right away. GCA has created toolkits that are tailored to the unique needs of specialized industries, including small businesses, individuals, elections offices, mission-based organizations, and journalists.
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MANRS outlines simple, concrete actions organizations can take, tailored to their role on the Internet, offering four programs for Network Operators, Internet Exchange Points, CDN and Cloud Providers, and Equipment Vendors. Joining MANRS means joining a community of security-minded organizations committed to making the global routing infrastructure more robust and secure.
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GCA, in collaboration with IBM and PCH, developed Quad9, a free, privacy-focused DNS service that replaces your default DNS settings and blocks access to known malicious sites.
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