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CISA Election Infrastructure Security Plan for the 2026 midterms

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CISA published an Election Infrastructure Security Plan for state, local, tribal, and federal election bodies ahead of the November 2026 midterms. The plan adds a formal government security framework for election infrastructure that is exposed to cyber and physical threats. It highlights risks to voter registration databases, voting systems, and vote tabulation locations. It also directs stakeholders toward mitigations such as MFA, monitoring, audit trails, paper ballots, and voluntary services.

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CISA publishes 2026 Election Infrastructure Security Plan

Public Sector Action
H score50 First: 25.09.2026 15:39 Last: 25.09.2026 15:39 Sources 1

About this happening: CISA published its 2026 Election Infrastructure Security Plan, adding cyber and physical threat guidance and free services for election officials and partners. The pla...

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CISA election registration database hardening guidance for election offices

Defensive Guidance
H score39 First: 25.09.2026 15:39 Last: 25.09.2026 15:39 Sources 1

About this happening: Election infrastructure guidance now prioritizes multi-factor authentication, network monitoring, and least-privilege access for voter registration databases, redu...

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CISA election software patch-management certification guidance

Advisory/Mitigation
H score39 First: 25.09.2026 15:39 Last: 25.09.2026 15:39 Sources 1

About this happening: CISA issued guidance for election software that aligns patch management with certification requirements so security updates can be deployed in real time without breaki...

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CISA launches ANCHOR-CI critical infrastructure advisory framework

Public Sector Action
H score28 First: 01.07.2026 15:00 Last: 01.07.2026 15:00 Sources 1

About this happening: CISA announced ANCHOR-CI, a new advisory-body framework that expands information sharing and public-private coordination for critical infrastructure security and r...

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CISA launches KEV Nomination Form

Public Sector Action
H score38 First: 21.05.2026 15:00 Last: 21.05.2026 15:00 Sources 1

About this happening: CISA launched a new Nomination Form for the KEV catalog, giving researchers, vendors, and industry partners a direct way to report known exploited vulnerabilities....

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  1. 25.09.2026 15:30 1 articles · 2h ago

    CISA publishes Election Infrastructure Security Plan ahead of the November 2026 midterms

    Initial Disclosure

    CISA published an Election Infrastructure Security Plan for state, local, tribal, and federal election bodies ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections, warning that election infrastructure can be targeted for voting-system manipulation and sensitive-data theft while covering voter registration databases, voting machines, and centralized vote tabulation locations.

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  2. 25.09.2026 15:30 2 articles · 2h ago

    CISA urges MFA, monitoring, audit trails, and paper ballots for election infrastructure

    Technical Analysis Update

    CISA's guidance says election infrastructure reachable from general enterprise networks can be exposed to known vulnerability exploits and lateral movement, and it recommends multifactor authentication for VRDB access, continuous network monitoring, anomaly detection, comprehensive logging, paper ballots, and bipartisan chain-of-custody practices to reduce unauthorized access and insider risk.

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