The threat of cyber attacks aimed at disrupting U-S elections, is higher than ever. For state and local election officials, the list of security challenges continues to grow, including potential cyber attacks, criminal ransomware gangs hacking computer systems and the spread of election misinformation.

The intelligence community says China, Russia and Iran are capable of disrupting the upcoming election in November.

Cyber treats have grown extensively in the last decade or so with new AI technology but, Paul Hugenberg, owner of Pelican 3 Consulting said it's nothing voters need to worry about.

"We've done a tremendous amount of work in implementing controls and structures to prevent fraud from actually happening in the election sequence," said Hugenberg. "On the technology side, we have systems that are routinely audited, routine scanned for vulnerabilities, routinely checked for integrity of data that leaves one precinct and goes up to a counting booth and then goes up to state and then goes up to federal," he said.

Hugenberg said if there's ever any suspicion about what's actually coming from a campaign or candidate, a person can get off social media and go to the source of election information.

"Every Secretary of State has a website that will track elections and explain what they're doing to keep elections secure and track the status of elections post-election of their audits for voters to see," Hugenberg said.

Hugenberg said social media sites will certainly face some challenges this election cycle, but he believes they're equipped to handle whatever might come their way.