Defending Digital Campaigns

Defending Digital Campaigns (DDC) is a nonprofit C4, nonpartisan and non-aligned organization providing access to cybersecurity products, services and information regardless of party affiliation.  

Campaigns have faced two significant barriers as they seek to better secure themselves from cyber threats: the high cost of quality cybersecurity products and the experience to organize an effective security strategy.  DDC helps them quickly overcome both, removing cost and expertise as barriers to security and allowing campaign staff to focus on what they do best: campaigning.

DDC’s team includes the former presidential campaign managers for Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney, as well as former senior officials at the NSA and DHS, and the tech industry.  Their combined expertise gives DDC the ability to curate a collection of smart products and engage effectively with campaigns and parties on both sides of the aisle. 

DDC works with credible vendors to make their services available directly to campaigns at low-to-no cost, in addition to providing education and information sharing for campaign professionals.  DDC was granted special permission by the Federal Election Commission to operate under this model, providing all campaigns--regardless of party--with the support they need within the limits of campaign finance law.

Our Mission

Secure our democratic campaign process by providing eligible campaigns and political parties, committees, and related organizations with knowledge, training, and resources to defend themselves from cyber threats.

Core Values

Operating principles

  • DDC works with all federal political party committees, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and Presidential candidates from all parties, as long as they file their candidacy with the Federal Election Commission and meet very modest fundraising thresholds.  

  • DDC bases its product offerings on the needs expressed by parties, political committees and individual campaigns as well as DDC’s knowledge of the cybersecurity landscape. 

  • DDC does not endorse the products and inclusion on DDC’s list of products does not imply an endorsement.

  • DDC shares no information about the cybersecurity posture, products or services in use by any party, or specific campaign.