Joining us here in person and online. Big thank you to the opposite of National Cyber director team. Welcome to the launch of a Cyber Workforce and education strategy. I am a small part of this event. I want to share what we will be talking about, who will be talking to you at first say a thank you 2000 he wrote. This will not be a small conversation. We have a lot to get through. I direct the Cyber Initiative here at the Atlantic Council. One of the things that has been most striking about our work in the past five years is we often treat Cyber Security as a technology problem. One of the things i found striking and encouraging about the workforce strategy is its focus on Building Community and capacity to secure these systems, focusing on a human problem to address these technologies. It is linked to deeper issues about how we embed diversity in policy and confront challenges in education and workforce development. I am delighted to see this conversation led by the Deputy Director he
For military construction and the department of Veterans Affairs. During the last congress 3 trillion was spent outside of the normal appropriations process. As spending soared, so did inflation. There was danger, damage done to the economy and the work of the Appropriations Committee changed significantly over those two years. Thats why islanderrier this year i asked subcommittee chairs to evaluate all of the funding in the pipeline. When the president s budget finally arrived, i directed them to review each Agency Budget line by line. I want to thank the subcommittee chairs for their work to identify ways to save hardearned tax dollars. These savings have allowed us to reduce overall spending without shortchanging, most Important National defense and Homeland Security and veterans. The bill before us demonstrates our commitment to reduce overall spending and still honor our commitment to our veterans. This bill makes good on that promise by fully funding Veterans Health care while en
Director team, welcome to the launch of the National Cyber workforce and education strategy. I am a small part of this event so i want to take a few minutes to share what we are going to talk about, who will be talking in first to say a big thank you to the team and those in the room. This is not a small topic nor small undertaking and as a result this will be a small conversation. We have a lot to get through. Briefly my name is trey and i direct here at the Atlantic Council, one of the things that has been most striking for the last few years and many of you who have been working in Cyber Security for longer is that we so often treated as a Technology Problem one of the things i found so strengthening and encouraging about the workforce strategy is this focus on Building Communities and capacity to secure the system focusing on a human problem to address these technologies. It is linked to deeper issues of how we embed and how we confront challenges in education and workforce develop
Armed services subcommittee. Mr. Gallagher the subcommittee will come to order. I ask everyone to be mindful of our committee rules. We start on time. U. S. Language the average american can understand. And we stick to the fiveminute rule, including on witness responses. With that, good morning, everyone, thank you for being here today for our hearing on the department of defenses cyberspace activities. We ask a lot from the department in this space. From securely operating networks and inherently insecure Weapons Systems to assisting small and large systems. More important than anything else is how prepared and capable we are to hold our adversaries at risk. Ive expressed my concerns about the departments pace for modernizing and growing the ships, aircraft and other weapons for a fight with china. If we accept that we need more time, it is my genuine belief that our ability to robustly use information and Cyber Operations should provide us with the opportunity to buy time to maneuver
Congressman Mike Gallagher spoke about cybersecurity and its role in National Defense. During a discussion hosted by the foundation for defense of democracies. This is 45 minutes. Our cyberprofessionals have helped our allies and partners uncover and defeat cyberthreats in their networks, including they have helped other partners respond to or recover from attacks by iran. And they have defended against attacks. The cyberthreats to our country may be outpacing the growth in our nations cyber capabilities. Er as a result, the margin of safety for americans may be narrowing. So whats to be done . Our panelists today have an answer in a new monograph titled United States cyberforce, a defense imperative. They argue that the United States should create a new independent armed service, a u. S. Cyberforce, alongside the navy, air force marks are incorps and spaceforce marine corps and space force. They say the status quo creates an inefficient division of labor and prevents the generation of