CASE STUDY

Elections Readiness and Resiliency Assessment

CLIENT’s Challenge

Our client, a county government, was concerned about the reliability of their voting services could:

• Negatively impact its citizens
• Erode public confidence in the electoral cycle
• Impact services delivered through the electoral process

To provide the necessary protection for its elections infrastructure, the client engaged Impact Makers to advise on best-practice implementation process approach for election security.

OUR APPROACH

Impact Makers’ security experts:

• Worked collaboratively with the client, combining Impact Makers’ experience and expertise with the client’s deep knowledge of their environment and systems to create a custom solution
• Conducted an Impact Analysis, Risk Assessment, and a Security Assessment and Authorization Plan.
• Conducted end-to-end system analysis
• Provided detailed elections cybersecurity improvement recommendations and action steps for implementation

skills & tech leveraged

Business Impact Analysis, Risk Assessment, Security Assessment and Authorization Plan

THE RESULTS

Based upon Impact Makers’ efforts, the client was able to:

• Ensure they were able to address the priorities and risks identified in the National Cybersecurity Review (NCSR) published by the Center of Internet Security (CIS)
• Meet local election security standards
• Have confidence in their ability to protect their elections infrastructure