Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Homeland Security. (2) Input solicited from Secretaries of State of the various States and the chief election officials of the States. (3) Technical security measures, including auditable paper trails for voting machines, securing wireless and Internet connections, and other technical safeguards. (4) Detection of cyber threats, including attacks and attempted attacks by Russian government or nongovernment cyber threat actors. (5) Improvements in the identification and attribution of Russian government or nongovernment cyber threat actors. (6) Deterrence, including actions and measures that could or should be undertaken against or communicated to the Government of Russia or other entities to deter attacks against, or interference with, United States election systems and processes. (7) Improvements in Federal Government communications with State and local election officials. (8) Public education and communication efforts. (9) Benchmarks and milestones to enable the measurement of concrete steps taken and progress made in the implementation of the strategy. (d) Congressional briefing Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly brief the appropriate congressional committees on the strategy developed under subsection (b). 10505. Assessment of significant Russian influence campaigns directed at foreign elections and referenda (a) Russian influence campaign defined In this section, the term Russian influence campaign means any effort, covert or overt, and by any means, attributable to the Russian Federation directed at an election, referendum, or similar process in a country other than the Russian Federation or the United States. (b) Assessment required Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report containing an analytical