Cybersecurity in Elections: Developing a Holistic Exposure and Adaptation Testing (HEAT) Process for Election Management Bodies technological failures in the electoral process. The HEAT process framework laid out in this paper is guided by international best practices on data management and cybersecurity, as well as transparency, open data and privacy. The process can help EMBs and other stakeholders develop the infrastructure and systems needed to secure the electoral process as technology changes. A thorough HEAT process, as described in this paper, has significant time and cost implications. However, without such a process in place, an EMB may experience an electoral crisis that goes well beyond the time and expenses they would otherwise invest to protect their cybersecurity. 35