Anatomy of a Election Cyber Security Agency. 3 Goals of the Agency.

The Prime Miniter of Sweden announced the immediate formation of an agency charged with protecting the integrity of Seden’s elections. 

The new agency will be cahrged with:

• “psychological defence by identifying, analysing, and responding to external influence campaigns”
• will not hesitate to expose those who meddle in Swedish elections
• in coordination with the agency, there will be increased funding for Swedish intelligence and cyber-defence services to monitor external threats
• the agency will work with each parties’ officials to secure the election

Why does this matter? “A US report noted that Nordic states (Sweden) were “a favourite target of the Kremlin’s propaganda machine”

EU Observer | Sweden raises alarm on election meddling