Certificate 2: Election Infrastructure Security & Hardening

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This certificate provides training on understanding how election systems are secured in practice and where vulnerabilities commonly arise.

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ESAVA Educator
Certificate 2: Election Infrastructure Security & Hardening
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Program Features

  • Online
  • Interactive LMS Content
  • Blockchain-based Certificate
Expecting Something More ?

Program Features

  • Online
  • Interactive LMS Content
  • Blockchain-based Certificate

Description

This certificate provides training on understanding how election systems are secured in practice and where vulnerabilities commonly arise.

Who It’s For

  • Election IT staff
  • Security professionals
  • Auditors and compliance officers

Core Modules

  • Cybersecurity fundamentals for election infrastructure
  • System configuration and hardening
  • Supply chain and vendor risk
  • Insider threat models
  • Integrity verification methods (hashing, logging, access controls)
  • Forensic readiness and audit trails

Federal Grant Eligibility

This certificate supports compliance with NDAA FY2025 §6805, which amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to require penetration testing as part of federal voting-system certification. Tuition is an allowable use of HAVA Election Security Grant funds (Title I §101) when the learner is an election official, election IT staff member, auditor, or contractor supporting the certification or operation of voting systems.

Individual and group enrollment receipts include the line items, learner roster, and completion record most state EAC sub-grant offices require for reimbursement. State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP) election-security set-asides and state-level election security grants are also commonly used to fund ESAVA enrollment.

Curriculum aligned to NIST SP 800-171 controls and CMMC Level 2 baseline (per the QUX/ArkHub §6805 compliance flowchart, Step 02). Eligible for HAVA §101, SHSGP, and — for jurisdictions also handling DoD CUI as contractors — CMMC-track DoD compliance training budgets.

Need help routing payment through your state's HAVA pipeline? Use Request Grant-Funded Enrollment and we will provide a justification memo, scope-of-training letter, and W-9 sized to your state's reimbursement form.

Program Syllabus

ESAVA Educator