This week, we present an episode on elections from an Internet and cybersecurity perspective, given that 2024 has been considered the “year of elections.” Over 70 national elections took place, impacting more than half of the world’s population.

Host João Tomé is joined by Alissa Starzak, our Deputy CLO and Global Head of Policy, and Jocelyn Woolbright from Public Policy. Together, they discuss Cloudflare’s various Impact initiatives and how these were utilized during the 2024 elections, particularly in the United States.

We explore how Cloudflare assembled a tiger team for the US elections and addressed the unique needs and challenges at the county, state, and national levels, including those of political campaigns. Additionally, we examine Internet and threat trends related not only to the US but also to Europe and other regions.

Learn more:

• Exploring Internet traffic shifts and cyber attacks during the 2024 US election
• How the Harris-Trump US presidential debate influenced Internet traffic
• French elections: political cyber attacks and Internet traffic shifts
• UK election day 2024: traffic trends and attacks on political parties
• Exploring the 2024 EU Election: Internet traffic trends and cybersecurity insights
• Internet insights on 2024 elections in the Netherlands, South Africa, Iceland, India, and Mexico
• Dutch political websites hit by cyber attacks as EU voting starts
• Celebrating 10 years of Project Galileo
• Protecting vulnerable communities for 10 years with Project Galileo
• Cloudflare Impact
• Project Galileo
• Cloudflare for Campaigns
• Athenian Project