Resources
Athena Strategies collects helpful resources such as tools, fact sheets, guidance, and templates for use by election and other government officials, voters, partners, and other interested parties. These resources focus on election security, voting rights, and amplifying understanding and civil discourse about elections in the U.S. If you have a suggested resource for inclusion, please contact us.
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Over Zero’s Election Violence Prevention
This website gathers together resources to support communities in preventing political violence and to respond to instances of violence.
CISA’s Guide to Operational Security for Election Officials
Operational security (OPSEC) is a systematic process for identifying and protecting sensitive information, data, or capabilities within an organization.
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
In January 2017, the Department of Homeland Security officially designated elections as critical infrastructure, recognizing that our election infrastructure is of such vital importance to our nation that its incapacitation would have a devastating effect on the country.
Committee for Safe & Secure Elections
The Committee for Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE) is a cross-sector collaboration of election officials, law enforcement, federal agencies, and nonpartisan organizations, working together to help protect election workers, voters, and infrastructure from threats, intimidation, and violence.
Threats and Harassment in Local Government: Benchmarking Report
Princeton University’s Bridging Divides Initiative and CivicPulse released their quarterly benchmarking report in Nov. 2023, offering survey results from local election officials on their experience with and concerns about threats and demographic differences among those reporting.
CISA’s Security Resources for the Election Infrastructure Subsector
CISA offers multiple free resources, tools, assessments, training, and other support to assist government officials in advancing their cybersecurity protections.
CISA Physical Security Advisor (PSA) Program
Within each CISA Region are local and regional Protective Security Advisors (PSAs). PSAs are based in the community, are subject matter experts in critical infrastructure, and are trusted partners of government officials.
Brennan Center’s Securing the 2024 Election
Brennan Center’s report assesses the broad work that must be done in order to prepare for and secure the 2024 election cycle.
Issue One: Faces of Democracy, How Our Elections Work and the Challenges Ahead
Issue One interviewed dozens of current and former bipartisan election officials, from secretaries of state to local election officials, to explain how U.S. elections work and who runs them.
CISA’s Insider Threat Mitigation Resources
An insider is a person who has or had access to or knowledge of an organization’s resources, facilities, equipment, or systems. Insider threat means the potential for an insider to use that access to harm the organization, which may include intentional or unintentional acts that negatively affect the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the organization, its data, personnel, or facilities.