At the Belfer Center, Conley “led the development and implementation of strategies, tools and recommendations for election administrators, election infrastructure providers, campaign organizations and leaders involved in democratic processes to better defend against cybersecurity threats,” the CISA release read. After the 2020 presidential election, she was one of a few of Republican officials to challenge her own party’s attempts to overturn the outcome.Īccording to a CISA press release, Wyman will take an unspecified private-sector role, while Cait Conley, a senior adviser to Easterly, will take on “additional responsibilities” overseeing the agency’s election-security initiatives, including engagement and coordination with state and local officials.Ĭonley is a former executive director of the Defending Digital Democracy Project at Harvard University’s Belfer Center and a former staffer on the Biden administration’s National Security Council. Wyman, whom CISA Director Jen Easterly picked for the role in October 2021, joined the agency after nearly nine years as Washington’s secretary of state, building a reputation as a leading voice on election security against both cyber and physical threats. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency announced Friday that Kim Wyman, its top official on election security, plans to step down at the end of July after nearly two years with the Department of Homeland Security unit.
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