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Defending American Democracy from Cyber Threats

| Nov. 03, 2017

Former Pentagon “cyber czar” Eric Rosenbach is Co-Director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and head of the new Defending Digital Democracy project. Rosenbach outlines the various cyber threats against American election systems and democratic processes – and how to better protect our democracy from nation-state attacks.

Related resources:
Managing Election Technology: https://www.eac.gov/voting-equipment/managing-election-technology/

Election Security Preparedness: https://www.eac.gov/election-officials/election-security-preparedness/

Contingency Plans: https://www.eac.gov/election-officials/contingency-plans/

For more information on this publication: Belfer Communications Office
For Academic Citation: “Defending American Democracy from Cyber Threats.” Video, November 3, 2017, posted by “Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School”.

The Author

Eric Rosenbach

Eric Rosenbach

  • Co-Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Lecturer in Public Policy
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense (2015-2017)
  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security and Homeland Defense (2014-2015)
  • Dep. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy (2011-2014)
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