Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center launches Defending Digital Democracy, bipartisan collaboration aiming to protect U.S. elections from cyberattack

Briefing

Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center launches Defending Digital Democracy, bipartisan collaboration aiming to protect U.S. elections from cyberattack

August 20, 2017

Briefing

  • Defending Digital Democracy – Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs announced launch of Defending Digital Democracy initiative, collaboration between state and private individuals with goal to protect integrity of U.S. elections from cyberattacks, particularly from foreign and non-state actors
  • Initial Potential Solutions – Exploring implementation of blockchain technology, as well as creation of playbooks that campaigns and elections personnel can use to increase security
  • Bipartisan Alliance – Co-led by Clinton's former campaign manager Robby Mook and Romney's Matt Rhoades, with advisory from top Democratic and Republication U.S. election lawyers
  • Other Notable Participants – To be run by former chief-of-staff of Defense Secretary Ash Carter, along with Google's director of information security and privacy, CrowdStrike co-founder and CTO, former director of the National Security Agency’s Information Assurance Directorate, and Facebook's chief security officer

Accelerator

Market Disruption

Sector

Government (excluding military)

Organization

CrowdStrike, Facebook Inc., Google Inc., Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Source

Original Publication Date

July 19, 2017

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