Athenian Project Turns One: Are Election Websites Safer?

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This post details the first year of the Athenian Project, which provided free Enterprise-level service to over 100 US state and local government election websites. It highlights the project's success in protecting these sites from DoS attacks, SQL injection, and other threats. The post also notes the significant spikes in legitimate traffic on election days, demonstrating the value of Cloudflare's CDN for managing unpredictable traffic loads. The Web Application Firewall (WAF) successfully blocked various malicious bot scans and other attack vectors, reinforcing the need for ongoing cybersecurity vigilance. Future efforts will focus on increasing SSL/TLS adoption among these websites.