Election Cybersecurity: Protecting the 2020 U.S. Elections.
Aug 17, 2020Jocelyn Woolbright
Summary
This post details the increasing threat landscape against election-related websites and political campaigns, highlighting the effectiveness of Cloudflare's Web Application Firewall (WAF) and rate limiting in mitigating DDoS attacks and SQL injection attempts. It emphasizes the importance of these protections for ensuring the reliability and security of online election infrastructure.
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