In the lead-up to the United States presidential and congressional elections in November, the security of our election infrastructure is top of mind. During Adam Hickey's 15-year tenure at the US Department of Justice, he handled high-profile national security matters, which included the significant responsibility of managing the US responses to foreign interference with US elections. Now a partner in Mayer Brown's Washington DC office, Adam joins Tools of the Trade to discuss election security (01:32) and how threats are proliferating as an activity globally (03:12). Adam explains how election security affects clients (04:34), what makes this a challenging policy problem (06:42) and how Mayer Brown is positioned to deal with governmental investigations (08:04).