Thread by @ericgeller

New: I talked to DNC Chief Security Officer @boblord about the committee's preparations for election cyber threats & disinfo.

He can't control the whole Dem ecosystem, but he's been steadily pushing improvements.

"I think we're going to be ready."

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@boblord The DNC, you may remember, played an unfortunate starring role in the cyber meltdown that was 2016.

Four years later, w/ the experience that Lord brings from top security roles at Yahoo and Twitter, the committee has made major improvements & thinks it's in a much better place.

Lord's team has trained DNC employees to incorporate security into everything they do.

At the committee, just like his former employers Yahoo & Twitter, people want to move fast, and it's his job to "make sure that somebody is curating and managing [tech] for the long haul."

Lord & the DNC sit at the center of a vast Dem universe. When @TomPerez hired him, Lord didn't realize how hard it would be to help protect other Dem orgs, which don't report to him.

Over time, he's established routines w/ DSCC, DCCC, state parties, & now the Biden campaign.

Democratic cybersecurity also depends on Silicon Valley.

Lord's team works well w/ FB+Twitter contacts, but the DNC has major concerns about the platforms' policies.

Plus, tech cos' inconsistent feature implementations complicates Lord's work of teaching people security basics.

As Lord's boss @nellwyn recently noted, "We can never fully prevent any sort of intrusion or attack."

But when it comes to defending the DNC tomorrow, and during this whole election season, Lord said, "We have the right plan and the right people."

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