Services

Elections & Cyber

CGA is one of the nation’s premier leaders on “cyber and election security” policy and communications. With qualifications spanning nearly all 50 states, we have designed election cyber, crisis communications, and educational/engagement campaigns for a host of entities as they respond to evolving threats impacting U.S. voting infrastructure.

Our election security consulting services have supported the federal government, including infrastructure protection offices at DHS, as well as state and local governments, vendors, private sector cybersecurity firms, academic researchers, and election advocacy nonprofits. We are also proud to have co-founded the “Voting Village” at DEFCON — the world’s largest, longest running cyber conference — to conduct penetration testing of voting machines to identify new vulnerabilities and raise awareness with election officials nationwide who use the equipment.

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Key Services

  • Election security program development and evaluation

  • Election security issue monitoring and tracking

  • Policy and crisis communications consulting

  • Voting equipment assessments, audits and penetration testing

  • Hands-on training for election officials and other stakeholders

  • “Voting Village” educational events

Notable Experiences

  • Conducting award-winning research on voting infrastructure at DEFCON’s Voting Village. In 2017, CGA helped to co-found DEFCON’s Voting Village, resulting in research that has been extensively covered in the media. The findings were also released in three separate award-winning reports, which have been downloaded 1,00,000+ times, used in Congressional testimony and to and build public policies around the nation.

  • Engaging at the State & Local Level. Stemming from our experience at DEFCON, CGA has served as an advisor to state-level leaders on a variety of election-cyber issues. Through work with our partners, we have also undertaken cyber audits in multiple states including California, Ohio, New Jersey, Utah, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri and New Hampshire.

  • Providing Cyber & Election Security Training to DHS. Working with our partners at Nordic Innovation Labs, CGA provides ongoing cyber support, educational models, simulated exercises, and training to leaders at DHS’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, with a focus on election security issues facing more than 8,000 state and local election officials around the U.S.

  • Leading the Way on “Election Security” Best Practices. The CGA team has sought to advance policies and solutions that will strengthen our democracy. In Fall 2017, CGA began working with a long-time client – the Center for Internet Security (CIS) – to develop a set of best practices for cyber hygiene election security, a “Handbook for Elections Infrastructure Security”