Posts Tagged ‘Secretary of State’
Secretary of State launches 2020 election security workshops for counties
The Iowa Secretary of State’s Office is conducting a series of workshops through this week to help counties prepare for 2020 elections. Incident Response Plan seminars take county auditors and staff, IT administrators and emergency …
Read MorePate pledges $1M to assist counties with cybersecurity, requests shift to .gov domains
Secretary of State Paul Pate’s office will provide $1 million to Iowa counties to assist them with cybersecurity resources ahead of the 2020 elections, Pate announced on Thursday. The investment comes as the U.S. Department …
Read MoreSecretary of State pledges $1 million to assist counties with cybersecurity; requests counties shift to .gov domains
Secretary of State Paul Pate’s office will provide $1 million to Iowa counties to assist them with cybersecurity resources ahead of the 2020 elections, Pate announced on Thursday. The investment comes as the U.S. Department …
Read MoreSecretary of state hires Jeff Franklin as chief cybersecurity officer
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has hired Jeff Franklin as the chief cybersecurity officer, Pate announced on Thursday morning. Franklin has served as the State of Iowa’s Chief Information Security Officer for the past …
Read MoreSecretary Pate wins national award for election cybersecurity
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate was elected president of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) during the organization’s summer conference, after winning the NASS IDEAS Award for the election cybersecurity initiative, “Partnerships …
Read MoreSecretary of State’s election cybersecurity initiative finalist for national award
An election cybersecurity initiative by the office of the Secretary of State is one of three finalists for the National Association of Secretaries of State’s 2019 IDEAS Award, Secretary of State Paul Pate announced this …
Read MoreIowa Secretary of State reappointed to national election cybersecurity committee
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has been reappointed to a national cybersecurity risk mitigation committee, Pate’s office announced today.
Secretary Pate was a charter member of the Election Infrastructure Subsector Government Coordinating Council (EIS-GCC) …
Read MoreSecretary Pate releases Cybersecurity Playbook to candidates, county auditors
More than 300 candidates who filed for federal, statewide or legislative races in Iowa get an unusual gift from Secretary of State Paul Pate: the “Cybersecurity Campaign Playbook,” created by the bipartisan initiative Defending Digital …
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