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VTS 200-2 Initial Public Draft | Open for Public CommentOverviewThe security of our nation’s elections is important for several reasons, including to ensure voters have the ability to vote, preserving the confidentiality of voters’ selections, and protecting the integrity of each election outcome. NIST conducts research into election system cybersecurity challenges and identifies standards, guidelines and technologies that can improve the security of these systems. To keep up with the evolution of technology, NIST helps to develop innovative security technologies that enhance the nation’s ability to address current and future election security challenges. NIST is known for establishing cybersecurity standards and guidelines in an open, transparent and collaborative way. Collaboration with the election community (e.g., election officials and election vendors) and federal partners (i.e., the U.S. Election Assistance Commission) is important to NIST because engagement with these groups helps ensure guidance is relevant to those who are key to keeping elections in operation. When developing election security guidance, NIST considers accessibility, usability, and any potential impact on voters and election officials.NIST performs research that examines the following:Threats to election systemsStandards for securing election systems technologyImplementation guidance for applying security best practices to election systems/technologyNIST partners with the following agencies:CISA  – provides a suite of security servicesEAC  – election administration supportImplementation GuidanceCybersecurity Framework Election Infrastructure Profile (Draft)Implementation Guidance for VVSG 2.0: Multi-factor Authentication (Draft)ResearchEnd to End VerificationVoting System HashesSigma Ballots (July 2010)Attacking Paper-Based E2E Voting Systems (February 2010)On the Privacy Threats of Electronic Poll Books (October 2010)Remote VotingRisk Management for Electronic Ballot Delivery, Marking, and Return (cisa.gov)UOCAVA VotingHelp for Election OfficialsElection Security GuidesMulti-factor AuthenticationTrustworthy EmailData Integrity and RecoveryIf you have questions, please email the project team at election-security [at] nist.gov(election-security[at]nist[dot]gov).
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