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EAC training urges layered protections to secure elections
Summary
The Election Assistance Commission training explains layered physical security — combining barriers, procedures and oversight — to reduce single points of failure and protect ballots, equipment and staff.
The Election Assistance Commission presented a training module urging election offices to adopt a layered approach to physical security that combines physical barriers, procedural controls, and policy oversight. The presenter said the approach "reduces the risk of a single point of failure because each layer reinforces the others."
The training illustrated the concept with a concrete example: "A locked room is good. A locked room with a camera, even better. A locked room with a camera combined with a policy that lays out who is allowed to enter the room and sets up a process for reviewing video footage, better yet." The module framed layered security as a way to limit individual control, reduce mistakes, and lessen the impact of any potential breach.
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