ATLANTA — With less than three months until the November midterm elections, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says his office is strengthening its cybersecurity efforts amid potential threats from Iran and Russia.

As he prepares to oversee his final election as Secretary of State, Raffensperger says his office is working to make sure Georgia’s votes remain secure from potential cyber threats.

“There’s a lot of issues going on in the rest of the world, we’ve kind of kicked the one hornet’s nest with the Iranians, and they’ve got some really smart folks over in the cyberspace,” Raffensperger said.

Raffensperger says Russian hackers are also a major concern and that his office has revamped its IT team in preparation for possible attacks.

“We have to really be on guard for that and we’ve strengthened our cyber team, our IT team,” Raffensperger said.

Raffensperger says his office remains in contact with federal officials about ways states can guard against cyber threats. He says federal officials are also discussing grants that states could use to strengthen cybersecurity.

“And we’re grateful that the federal government now is talking about FEMA grants for cyber strengthening that will be available,” Raffensperger said.

Raffensperger says his office received additional information about cybersecurity grant options last week.

“I did get some more information about that; NASS, our National Association of Secretaries of States, is getting more information so we’ll come together and see what that looks like,” Raffensperger said.

WSB Radio’s Jonathan O’Brien contributed to this story.