New funding fails to close gaps in election cybersecurity
Politics may also be blocking meaningful executive action on election cybersecurity. Paul Rosenzweig, a senior cybersecurity fellow at the libertarian R Street Institute, suggested that Trump s unwillingness to confront the Kremlin over its actions during the 2016 election means Putin will continue testing state election systems until he s met with a response.
Deterrence is at least an equal, if not a superior, component to the overall strategy as defense, Rosenzweig said. And the federal government s systematic commitment to either or both of these is often dependent upon direction from the president which has been lacking.
