2022 - Winner for Outstanding Innovation in Election Cybersecurity and Technology

There is growing momentum in election offices around the country to institute Vulnerability Disclosure Programs and Bug Bounty programs to help election officials bolster their cyber maturity. The Iowa Secretary of State's Office became the first election office in the nation to launch a Bug Bounty program. We offer monetary rewards to security researchers who find vulnerabilities in websites maintained by the Secretary of State's office. Our Bug Bounty program launched in 2022, ahead of the November general election. It was a valuable addition to Iowa's Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) which launched in 2020. We were the second state election office in the country to launch a VDP.