Could the Election be Hacked? Evaluating Threats, Motives & Effects
Description
Associated Program:
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
Speakers:
Ben Buchanan
Pamela Smith
Dmitri Alperovitch
Co-Sponsors:
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Cyber Security Project
Dmitri Alperovitch
Chief Technology Officer, CrowdStrike
Ben Buchanan
Postdoctoral Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Cyber Security Project, Harvard Kennedy School
Pamela Smith
President, Verified Voting
Michael Sulmeyer (moderator)
Director, Cyber Security Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Dmitri Alperovitch, Ben Buchanan, and Pamela Smith joined moderator Michael Sulmeyer for a discussion on the hacking of the election. The speakers discussed the dangers of our current electoral system, the difficulties of attribution, and national cyber security. The speakers then fielded questions from the audience.