Many of us watched the ball drop to usher in the New Year. Now is the time to get the ball rolling toward better cybersecurity in 2024.

As we move from 2023 to 2024, many people will make New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier, exercise more, or spend more time with family and friends — all admirable goals.

At Defending Digital Campaigns (DDC), we want you to add making your campaign more cyber-secure in 2024 to your list of resolutions. It’s easy to get started, and you won’t have to count calories or hit the gym four times a week!

Implementing cybersecurity early and maintaining it through Election Day is your best defense.

Many factors make the 2024 campaign higher risk. When we look across the landscape of cyber risk, we see emerging technology like AI, geo-political events, and high-stakes elections in the U.S., including a Presidential contest, the U.S. House and Senate campaigns that will determine the balance of power and thousands of state legislative and down-ballot races. The confluence of events provides an expansive attack surface and motivation for nation-states, hacktivists, and cybercriminals to go after campaigns and political organizations.

When you make personal New Year’s resolutions, you usually achieve them on your own. When you resolve to make your campaign more cyber-secure, you have a partner in DDC to achieve success.

We are ready to help you get the free products you need and ensure they are working correctly with our onboarding and support services. With our help and just a little time on your part, we can help you implement the following resolutions.

To be more cyber-secure in 2024, your campaign will:

Lockdown logins: by ordering free security keys from DDC and using them on key campaigns and personal accounts like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, X, and others to implement the strongest authentication possible, and protect against accounts being compromised.
Protect your website: by taking advantage of free Cloudflare for Campaigns and protecting our valuable public presence from being taken down or defaced.
Sign up campaign staff and volunteers for Facebook Protect: by applying for this advanced protection through DDC, we can better protect our Facebook accounts.
Fast-track your way to stronger Google Workspace security: by participating in a new beta effort to enhance security features that will automatically be configured.
Get help from DDC: by setting up a call with DDC's onboarding team to review our current practices, learn how to order free products, and learn how DDC can help get our cybersecurity up and running.

If you are a Federal Campaign, just email info@defendcampaigns.org with the subject: help make my campaign more cyber-secure.