Federal Government Monitors (And Controls?) Local Election Data
Albert Sensors & Election Surveillance
The Albert Network Monitoring Sensor is provided at no charge to Ohio Counties by the Federal government and managed by The Center for Internet Security/CIS. CIS has deployed the Albert Sensors in most states and while its purported function is to monitor county network traffic, look for malware intrusions and provide alerts to users, it has been adopted and then rejected by some states such as Washington.
The Albert Sensor Systems: How Government and a 501(c)3 Tracks Real-Time Election Data in 98% of the US – Put Into Effect by DHS After Trump Won in 2016
If the Federal government lied about their censorship, what other election initiatives are they lying about?
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Let’s look at their program created to gain access to local election data.
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Around 2011 DHS created their own intrusion detection system called the ALBERT Sensor. It’s part of the larger Einstein System that protects federal agencies from cyber risks. ALBERT is a “black box” server installed on a County’s network. It collects the traffic flowing on their election network and transmits this data to a nonprofit in NY. DHS selected this non-profit to monitor all the election data from across the United Sates. It is analyzed around the clock with the hope they can alert jurisdictions if they find any malicious traffic on their network. Few election networks had the system before 2016.....
