[Lnc-business] Analysis of Cyber Risk Exposure for U.S. and European Political Parties

[Steven Nekhaila]

Dear All,

The following is a link to a recent report conducted by the 
SecurityScoreCard research foundation. The organization conducted a 
study to determine Cyber Security rankings for political parties in both 
the United States and Europe. There findings show that the Libertarian 
Party ranks last in US Cyber Security behind the Green Party, Republican 
Party, and Democratic Party. I understand that increasing our Cyber 
Security Awareness and Fortitude has been a priority for both the LNC 
and Staff, and we need to continue to increase our standards and take 
threats seriously. I do not believe the threat of both Private and 
Nation-State hackers is understated, often action comes to late in the 
form of reaction. I have lived through this in the food service industry 
and security threats are just now being taken extremely seriously within 
the past few years. Perhaps this report can be of some help to others 
who are more technically inclined, as well as to the board to understand 
our position as dead last is unacceptable and something must be done to 
improve and remain accountable for the safety of our organization and 
its members.

The link to the report can be found here: 
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ssc-corporate-website-production/documents/analysis-of-cyber-risk-exposure-for-US-and-European-political-parties.pdf

A Press Release summary can be found here: 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/securityscorecard-reveals-u-european-political-090000863.html

"Political elections are a top target for nation states as well as 
possibly organized crime and political activists looking to influence 
outcomes for geopolitical gains. From influencer campaigns to 
exfiltrating data to sell on the Dark Web or to other countries, the end 
game is clear - sabotage and financial gain," said Jason Cassey, CTO of 
SecurityScorecard. "Through the SecurityScorecard platform, we were able 
to gain meaningful insight into the overall cyber hygiene, behavior and 
incidents of political parties to provide insight into the real dangers 
associated with upcoming EU and U.S. elections."

Key Findings:

     France ranked lowest in total aggregate scores, as well as in 
Application Security and DNS Health.
     Sweden tops the charts in total aggregate scores, as well as in 
Application Security, DNS Health and Patching Cadence.
     Poland ranked lowest in Network Security.
     Spain ranked lowest in Patching Cadence.
     DNC security scores lag behind the RNC in almost all categories.
     Libertarian Party ranked lowest in total aggregate scores, as well 
as Application Security, DNS Health.
     DNC ranked lowest in Network Security.
     RNC ranked lowest in Patching Cadence.


In Liberty,

Steven Nekhaila
Region 2 Representative
Libertarian National Committee

Impotentes defendere libertatum non possunt
"Those without power cannot defend freedom"