DHS Cyber Leader Says 2020 Security Preparations Underway

Christopher Krebs, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, says officials are working to secure the 2020 presidential election.

In testimony to the House Homeland Security Committee, Krebs said he is trying to shift focus from what happened in 2016 with Russian interference to what could happen next, and to get election security officials to think ahead and prepare for possibilities.

But he also says even the threat of a disruption can sow discord, and the government is working to better inform Americans.

Intelligence officials last week gave President Donald Trump a classified report on the 2018 midterm election that said no evidence was found that efforts by Russians or other foreign groups affected election or campaign infrastructure.