Navigating Election Risks: A Guide for Executives

This article outlines the growing business risks from election-season mis/disinformation and information operations, citing research on their scale, speed, and impact, with likely targeting of politically salient sectors and communities. It recommends a three-step readiness approach—enumerate risk and allocate resources, scope election efforts and monitor intelligence, and monitor outcomes to forecast—supported by sample frameworks for risk spectrum, escalation, and feedback. Organizations most exposed to politicized topics should adopt proactive monitoring and prebunking, while others can maintain reactive playbooks with clear triggers, roles, and response tracking ahead of the 2024 cycle.