From, prior to the hearing. We welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses and those viewing dramatically with Cyber Security at nasa. Increase telework during covid19. In early 2020 the world was caught offguard by the coronavirus. The office of management and budget rapidly shifted to telework operations. 17,000 Civil Servant employees and extensive contractor work. To its credit nasa prepared for the transition having held in agencywide telework exercise in early march. It expanded telework operations and today 75 percent80 of nasa silver servants work remotely, with project oversight and inspections, development work, engineering analysis and other activities. The shift to increased telework raises many questions, front and center cybersecurity. The increase and extended worth of telework means for protecting nasas intellectual property, personally identifiable information and mission operations. How do cyber challenges relate to increase telework affect the agencys overall Cyber
Want to submit, email them to the committee clerk. That email address was circulated prior to the hearing. Good morning, everyone. I want to welcome our panel of witnesses, members and those who were viewing remotely to todays subcommittee hearing on cybersecurity at nasa, the ongoing challenges and emerging issues for telework during covid19. In 2020, the world was caught off guard with the onset of the coronavirus. Nasa, like other federal aencies, rapidly shifted to telework operation to ensure the health and safety of its more than 17,000 Civil Servant employees and extensive contractor workforce. To its credit nasa prepared for , the transition having held in agencywide telework exercise in early march. It expanded telework operations nasasay 75 to 80 of silver Civil Servants work remotely, with project oversight and inspections, development work, engineering analysis and other activities. The shift to increased telework raises many questions, front and center cybersecurity. What
Hearing is an hour and twenty minutes. This hearing will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to tulare recess at any time. Before i deliver my opening remarks, i want to note today the committee is meeting virtually and announce a couple of reminders of this hearing. First, members should keep video feed on and members of responsible for microphones. Please keep muted if you are speaking. Finally if members have documents they wish to submit to the record, please email them to the Committee Clerk whose email address was circulated prior to the hearing. Good morning, everyone. Id like to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses, members, and those viewing remotely to todays space and aeronautics security on cybersecurity at nasa, ongoing challenges and emerging issues for increased telework during covid19. In early 2020 the world was out caught offguard with rapid on set of coronavirus. Nasa like man agencies and consistent with management and budget guidance r
Reporting drizzle. There are pockets of thick fog. Keep that in mind. Santa rosa is the only location with reduced visibility. The southwest tabriz is not strong. Fog and the morning, then it will disappear and temperatures are on their way up. It will be near average, we will have more on that in about 10 minutes. It is 5 00 and the morning. It is friday. Sal is here now and he will tell us this time. We are in decent shape to start of the commute. Good morning. Traffic is moving along nicely if you are driving around the bay area, i like what i see so far. You can see the the bay bridge looks good with no major issues. Hopefully, this friday we will get later conditions and then we usually do on the first four days of the week of the pandemic. However, there is roadwork. Check this out if you are looking at your screen. They are trying to pick up the cone, there might be a temporary backup. We will see how long this lasts. Lets go to the headlines. There is a flex alert for the Labor
Public Health Officials are trying to get the word out here. To be vigilant, keep the masks on, continue to social distance. Allie joins us this afternoon to explain why some popular spots will be closed this coming Labor Day Weekend. Reporter in the past, in previous years whenever you had triple digit temperatures inland and a three day weekend it usually means people flock to local beaches. This year, with covid19 still an issue, Public Officials are trying to change the trend. The Public Safety message make your labor day plans local, limited to your family to prevent the spread of covid19. All regions are closed this weekend. If we have our beaches 250, 300 people, we are in some serious issues. Reporter hiking trails of the pacific will remain open, still were beaches in Half Moon Bay. In santa cruz most beaches and state parks are closed. The idea behind the partial closure was to discourage out oftowners to get smaller locals a place to escape the heat. The daytime closure will