We have two guests joining the podcast this week to talk about election security - Marci Andino, Senior Director of the Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC) at the Center for Internet Security, and Trevor Timmons, chairperson of the Executive Committee of the EI-ISAC and CIO for the Colorado Secretary of State. We cover everything from the history of election security through to present day, including the creation of the EI-ISAC in 2017, physical versus cyber security, the role of paper ballots for validating digital results, mis/disinformation during elections, insider threat among election officials, and the importance of resilient systems and chain of custody process.

Marci Andino, Senior Director of the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC) at the Center for Internet Security As Senior Director of the EI-ISAC since October 2021, Ms. Andino has been responsible for overseeing the operation of the EI-ISAC and works with state and local election officials to increase their cybersecurity posture through the use of products and services provided by the EI-ISAC. Prior to joining the EI-ISAC, Ms. Andino served as the chief state election official and Executive Director of the South Carolina State Election Commission for nineteen years. Ms. Andino was responsible for overseeing the conduct of primary, general and special elections in South Carolina to ensure that elections are conducted in a fair and impartial manner. She was also responsible for supervising county boards of voter registration and elections and serves as agency liaison with the General Assembly. Ms. Andino also currently serves on the Council of State Government's Overseas Voting Initiative Technology Working Group and the Bipartisan Policy Center's Task Force on Elections Advisory Council. Ms. Andino is a former member of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission's Standards Board, President of the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED), President of the S.C. Deputy Director's Organization and Secretary of the S.C. Information Technology Director's Association.

Trevor Timmons, Chief Information Officer at the Colorado Department of State and Chair of EI-ISAC Executive Committee Trevor Timmons has served the Colorado Secretary of State as Chief Information Officer since 2007 after eight years as Deputy CIO and Director of Software Development. During the time Mr. Timmons has served under several Secretaries of State, Colorado has gained a national reputation in several areas including elections administration, business registrations, and cybersecurity operations. In 2017, Colorado became the first state in the U.S. to implement statewide risk-limiting audits of voter-verifiable paper ballots for all federal and state elections. Colorado routinely ranks among the top states in the nation in voter participation and the percentage of eligible persons registered to vote. Mr. Timmons is the current chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing & Analysis Center (EI-ISAC).

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