National Guard deploys cybersecurity units to 14 states to oversee midterm elections

[mountaineer]

     Nov 7, 2022
National Guard deploys cybersecurity units to 14 states to oversee midterm elections
Brigadier General Gent Welsh said, "If you don’t have a cyber unit in your state you’re not in a good position to help them protect elections."
Joshua Young

The US National Guard is sending cybersecurity units into 14 states ahead of the midterm elections as a measure, they claim, to combat potential and presumed digital threats aimed at election officials.

According to ZeroHedge, the commander of the Washington Air National Guard, Brigadier General Gent Welsh said, "If you don’t have a cyber unit in your state you’re not in a good position to help them protect elections." ...

The states in which the National Guard will be activated are Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, New Mexico, New York, Washington, West Virginia, Iowa, and the battleground states Pennsylvania and Arizona.

General Welsh said that having these units around "does add an air of credibility to what’s out there" because the National Guard is "one of the most trusted institutions in the United States." ...

Post-Millennial
WV? Why, because its elections - overseen by a former Army colonel Republican Secretary of State - have been completely spotless the past several years? There's absolutely no comparison between WV and utterly corrupt states like PA or NY.
 

[Smokin Joe]

     Nov 7, 2022
National Guard deploys cybersecurity units to 14 states to oversee midterm elections
Brigadier General Gent Welsh said, "If you don’t have a cyber unit in your state you’re not in a good position to help them protect elections."
Joshua YoungPost-Millennial
WV? Why, because its elections - overseen by a former Army colonel Republican Secretary of State - have been completely spotless the past several years? There's absolutely no comparison between WV and utterly corrupt states like PA or NY.
 

Well, if they don't have a 'mix' of states, then they'd be accused of tampering with the election themselves or just targeting the ones that we know were involved in the steal.

[mountaineer]

Cyber security, eh? Maybe we should go back to paper ballots, if the electronic voting machines are so susceptible to interference.

[rangerrebew]

More Than a Dozen States Have Activated the National Guard to Secure Midterm Elections
Other states can request help, but some leaders say more capacity is needed.
LAUREN C. WILLIAMS | NOVEMBER 7, 2022 03:15 PM ET
NATIONAL GUARD CYBER ELECTION SECURITY
   
At least 14 states have spun up their National Guard units to ward off cyber attacks on the national election that concludes tomorrow, but others have not.

North Carolina is one of the states that has.

“This year, we're in place to ensure that if there's any assistance that's needed, we're working proactively with our state board of elections, not just on the day of elections, but really prior to to do security analysis checks and look into the network to make sure it's as secure as possible,” Maj. Gen. Marvin Hunt, adjutant general for North Carolina’s National Guard, told reporters Friday. “We're really that third party that comes in—it's just assisting them—to give them a different look. So that on election day, we can all have confidence in our election systems.”

Hunt said his cyber team is always working, but will “surge during the election to ensure that we have 24-hour coverage throughout this whole process.”

https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2022/11/more-dozen-states-have-activated-national-guard-secure-midterm-elections/379412/

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Not a bad idea.