Originating Organization: United States/Office of the Director of National Intelligence/Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center

    Director of National Intelligence Cyber Threats to Elections Lexicon

    This reference aid draws on CTIIC’s experience promoting interagency situational awareness and information sharing during previous significant cyber events—including cyber threats to elections. It provides a guide to cyber threat terms and related terminology issues likely to arise when describing cyber activity. The document includes a range of cyber-specific terms that may be required to accurately convey intelligence on a cyber threat event and terms that have been established by relevant authorities regarding technical infrastructure for conducting elections.