{"id":19721,"date":"2019-10-25T18:08:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T01:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=19721"},"modified":"2019-10-25T18:08:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T01:08:40","slug":"step-right-up-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=19721","title":{"rendered":"STEP RIGHT UP OHIO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) on Friday signed into law legislation that will increase cyber protections for election systems and enhance the overall cybersecurity posture of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ybbcypmrvssnwpwsnfkvvnccvmntsmszzgvrpbtbfglvl_aykmhhdkdnmhtkbdsysp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ybbcypmrvssnwpwsnfkvvnccvmntsmszzgvrpbtbfglvl_aykmhhdkdnmhtkbdsysp.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1572125422042000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFEGl9K2Rc0k98UxjeYg4_ehYih7Q\">legislation<\/a>, which had bipartisan support, requires post-election audits by county boards of elections to ensure the accuracy of the vote count, while also creating a &#8220;civilian cyber security reserve&#8221; that can be called into duty to protect state and local government entities against cyberattacks, including those involving elections and those against critical infrastructure<\/p>\n<p>The bill gives the Ohio secretary of state a seat on the Ohio Homeland Security Advisory Council and creates a chief information security officer position within the secretary of state&#8217;s office to increase attention on election security issues.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R), the top election official in the state, said in a statement on Friday that the legislation will give local officials &#8220;the support they need&#8221; to combat foreign cyber threats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imagine looking out the window and seeing foreign paratroopers parachuting into your town,&#8221; LaRose said. &#8220;We wouldn&#8217;t tell a community, &#8216;you&#8217;re on your own \u2013 your sheriff department can fight off that threat.&#8217; Well likewise, in the online world, we can now respond with Ohio&#8217;s best cyber warriors so these counties and cities have the support they need.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) on&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19722,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19721\/revisions\/19722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}