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The is kind of important ->
"The 3rd mission for CyberCommand If directed on by the President or the Secretary of Defense, it is to apply our capabilities to help defend critical infrastructure in the US in the private sector.
The US govt has designated 16 different segments in the private sector as having significant implications for the nation's security.
So think about financial, think about power, think about aviation, think about petroleum distribution, there's 16 different segments."
-Admiral Rogers
Here's the paperwork that shows that ELECTION infrastructure was designated one of the 16 elements.
https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/IF10677.pdf
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/01/06/statement-secretary-johnson-designation-election-infrastructure-critical
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Release Date: January 6, 2017
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
I have determined that election infrastructure in this country should be designated as a subsector of the existing Government Facilities critical infrastructure sector. Given the vital role elections play in this country, it is clear that certain systems and assets of election infrastructure meet the definition of critical infrastructure, in fact and in law.
I have reached this determination so that election infrastructure will, on a more formal and enduring basis, be a priority for cybersecurity assistance and protections that the Department of Homeland Security provides to a range of private and public sector entities. By “election infrastructure,” we mean storage facilities, polling places, and centralized vote tabulations locations used to support the election process, and information and communications technology to include voter registration databases, voting machines, and other systems to manage the election process and report and display results on behalf of state and local governments.
At present, there are sixteen critical infrastructure sectors, including twenty subsectors that are eligible to receive prioritized cybersecurity assistance from the Department of Homeland Security. The existing critical infrastructure sectors are:
Chemical
Commercial Facilities
Communications
Critical Manufacturing
Dams
Defense Industrial Base
Emergency Services
Energy
Financial Services
Food and Agriculture
Government Facilities
Healthcare and Public Health
Information Technology
Nuclear Reactors, Material, and Waste
Transportation Systems
Water and Wastewater Systems