The Lincoln Network hosted the Virtual Event to look at Lessons Learned from the primary season and issues regarding absentee and mailin voteing ballots and security measures needed for the november elections. My name is dan lips and im the director of national and Cyber Security at the Lincoln Network. Welcome to our webinar. Protect 2020, securing the election ahead of thank you for november. Taking time out of your day to join us. At the Lincoln Network, our mission is to connect the technology and policy communities to make the future happen sooner to build a better tomorrow. To advance this mission, our Cyber National Security Team works to inform National Policy discussions. And in Silicon Valley another tech pubs to develop tech cups. 2020, one of the Biggest National challenges we face, is all the National Challenge or elections during the covid19 pandemic. Today we are honored to host leading experts from the National Intergovernmental communities that administers our nations
Free and fair vote. We are holding this hearing and we engage regularly with social Media Companies because they are best positioned to sound the alarm if and when another external actor attempts to interfere. First, because their technical capacity and security background and allows them to protect malicious activity on their platforms, and make attributions to technical indicators that are available only to the companies themselves. And second, because we cannot have complete confidence that the white house will allow the Intelligence Community to look fully and properly inform congress, if there is a foreign interference, especially if the interference appears to assist the president s reelection. That is a dangerous state of affairs, but nonetheless it reflects the reality and why theres hearing is so important. Witnesses, as you described, a lot has changed. In many ways we are better prepared today than we were four years ago. Each of your companies have taken significant steps a
On the director at the Lincoln Network. Project 2020 and procuring the election ahead of november. Thank you for taking time out of your day. The Lincoln Network, we connected technology and communities to make the future happen sooner to build a better tomorrow. To advance this mission, our Cyber National Security Team works to inform National Policy discussions. And in Silicon Valley another tech pubs to develop tech cups. 2020, one of the Biggest National challenges we face, is all the National Challenge or elections during the covid19 pandemic. Today we are honored to host leading experts from the National Intergovernmental communities that administers our nations elections and protects state and local governments informations. First we will hear a presentation from jeff perry health for the director at the department of Homeland Security. His presentation will be followed by discussion by including questions from the audience and we will be using the chat function here and zoom to
The head of Cyber Security policy also addressed the recent decision to remove an ad for President Trump that included a nazi symbol. This is two hours. Memberst to thank our and supporting staff for helping possible. Ndays event without objection, the chair recess aty declare any time. Before we talk about merging trends, howerging to address some housekeeping matters. First, todays session will be conducted entirely on an unclassified basis. All participants should refrain from classifying any the committee is conducting this in compliance with House Resolution 965 and a Remote Committee proceeding. It is being broadcast live on the website. Like many of you, i would have prefer to hold this in washington dc but because the covid19 pandemic remains serious and widespread, there proceeding remotely to ensure the safety of our witnesses, members, staff and public. Todays important conversation is essential to our oversight of the intelligence how the Intelligence Committee is keeping t
Conducting this virtual hearing and compliance with house thelution 965 and regulations for Remote Committee proceedings. This being broadcast live on the website. Wouldve of you, i preferred to hold this meeting in person in washington, d. C. , however, because of the threat are proceeding remotely an order to ensure the safety of our witnesses in the public. Todays important conversation is essential to our oversight of how the Intelligence Committee and nation are working to keep our elections are political discourse from foreign interference. I had hoped it would be a bipartisan discussion. , without reason or justification, our republican colleagues once again have decided to absent themselves from the work of the committee. They willy hope that reconsider this path and join us for future hearings. These hearings and supplemental are integral to our responsibilities in the classified and unclassified row. Pandemic or no pandemic, the American People have a right to expect us to do