APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – Wisconsin’s efforts to beef up digital security are hitting close to home.
Outagamie County Clerk Lori O’Bright says election staff in the county will be going through a security training before the next election.
“There is heightened security concerns because of the public’s awareness of what has happened at the federal level.”
After going through training with the state, O’Bright says they are going over things that are not always though about.
“Keeping our elections secure if for some reason a disaster occurs.”
Those disasters can include, fire, tornado and power outages. Part of the states training also goes over keeping information secure with software and using the state database.
O’Bright says they are going over many aspects of election security.
“That includes everything from disaster preparedness to IT aspects.”
The next election is coming up in August.
Part of the training is also going over what to do incase of a disaster like a tornado, fire or power outage. In the wake of federal charges against Russian agents who interfered in the 2016 elections, Wisconsin is beefing up its own digital security.
