At about this time last week, Donald Trump announced that he wasn’t going to sell any of his stock in Trump Media. That calmed fears that such a sale would tank the stock because he desperately needs cash from all reports, and caused the stock to soar. This was the value of the stock last Friday:
Fast forward to today and reality has set in for Trump and those who hold this stock. Here’s the value of that stock as I type this:
And if you want to see the downward trajectory of this stock over the last week, here you go:
That’s an almost 17% drop in value. And you have to think that this isn’t sustainable over the long term. At this point it’s only a matter of time before this stock crashes and burns. The only question is will it die slowly by losing value day after day, or will it be killed by Donald Trump cashing out his stake to get cash to deal with his various “problems”. But mark my words, this stock will crash.
CISA’s Releases Election Security Checklist Ahead of November Elections In The US
Posted in Commentary with tags CISA on September 19, 2024 by itnerdAs the 2024 election nears, election officials finalize preparations to protect themselves against the most common threats seen targeting voters and campaigns. CISA recently released an Election Infrastructure Cybersecurity Readiness and Resilience Checklist, providing guidance on potential security incidents that may impact election infrastructure.
Tom Marsland, VP of Technology for Cloud Range who has personally led live-fire simulation attacks on election infrastructure, including forensic analysis of voting machines and misinformation campaigns, has shared his thoughts on CISA’s checklist:
This checklist by CISA is a great reminder to election officials and participants about the basics – however, with less than two months until the election, many of these will be hard to implement if not at least begun already. That said, it provides a clean slate for officials to take a step back and give their practices of cyber hygiene a holistic overview, and an honest look as they enter the final stages of preparation. I’ll repeat the findings from CISA that our elections are as secure as they’ve ever been. We really have to stay on top of misinformation campaigns and social engineering in that realm, but this is a great product for CISA, and I hope we see it used.
A great way for election officials to test their readiness against the checklist provided by CISA is by conducting hands-on, tabletop exercises that test the organizations policies and playbooks against the very items called out in the checklist. Lessons learned from table top exercises should be incorporated into the organization’s continuous improvement, made actionable, and tracked to completion.
The CISA has put out a number of these sorts of checklists. But checklists aren’t good if they’re not followed. So here’s hoping that this one is followed as this November’s elections are going to be extremely important to the future of the US.
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