2019 Azbee Awards of Excellence

Category

Online > Web Feature Series > Heartland

Awarded to

Alison DeNisco Rayome, Senior Editor; Macy Bayern, Associate Staff Writer; Jody Gilbert, Senior Features Editor

Entry details

Midterm elections 2018: How 7 states are fighting cybersecurity threats from Russia and other attackers

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Publication name: TechRepublic
Publishing company: CBS Interactive
Website home page: https://www.techrepublic.com/

Please describe the publication's mission and readership:

TechRepublic is a multiplatform publication that helps professionals make smart decisions about technology. With over 10 million readers in over 150 countries, TechRepublic has become one of the world's most widely read publications on B2B technology since its launch in May 1999. Its users run the gamut from entrepreneurs and small business owners to software engineers and CIOs. TechRepublic provides them with news analysis, tips, best practices, case studies, and advice. As a 21st century brand, TechRepublic tells stories in many different ways, including feature stories, tutorials, long-form reports, explainer videos, multimedia slideshows, and social media posts. The goal of all TechRepublic content is to help its users make great technology decisions that can improve their organizations and make them more innovative and efficient than ever.

Please describe the enterprising work that went into this entry and its significance or impact on readers:

Prior to the US midterm elections in 2018, some states took measures to help ensure that their processes and voting infrastructures were safe from interference. Writers Alison DeNisco Rayome and Macy Bayern investigated how seven states--West Virginia, Ohio, Florida, Washington, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Illinois--implemented strategies and solutions to foil attackers. Voter registration, a mobile voting app, paper ballots, new laws, and the National Guard are some of the topics covered in this series. TechRepublic readers have followed stories about cybersecurity and elections with great interest, and these articles provided them with important details about this critical topic. We also offer this seven-part series as a PDF ebook so users can download and read this content on a tablet or on a laptop while offline during a flight, for example.

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Entry URL(s), if applicable:
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/west-virginia-moves-forward-with-first-mobile-voting-app-despite-fears-from-security-experts/
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ohio-taps-college-cybersecurity-experts-to-audit-election-systems-before-2018-midterms/
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-florida-is-bolstering-election-security-after-being-targeted-by-russian-hackers/
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/state-of-washington-has-new-laws-and-the-air-national-guard-to-help-secure-2018-midterm-election/
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-colorado-voting-became-a-cybersecurity-leader-long-before-russians-tried-to-hack-it/
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/pennsylvania-elections-bring-back-paper-ballots-to-improve-security-and-auditability/
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/illinois-focuses-on-voter-registration-security-for-2018-midterms-in-response-to-2016-russian-breach/
http://b2b.cbsimg.net/downloads/Gilbert/TR_EB_midterms.pdf

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