Require a near constant struggle to stay ahead of events and the real danger lies in getting complacent. Effective cybersecurity is an ongoing line of effort. The Threat Landscape is diverse, the best practices are changing, the information you get may not always be reliable. The task can seem overwhelming and the stakes are high. In this context, i have found myself thinking effective cybersecurity cannot move at, quote, the speed of government. By that i mean cybersecurity is a 21st century Public Policy program just not manageable by 20th century government means. Regulations, mandates and centralized action in general, these approaches are inadequate to match the pace of change. Congress needs to make sure that the governments role in detecting and responding to cyberattacks is clearly defined, that theyre focused first and foremost on the security of federal information networks. Today well hear from the department of Homeland Security and their cybersecurity work. How it is evolv
The Threat Landscape is diverse, the best practices are changing, the information you get may not always be reliable. The task can seem overwhelming and the stakes are high. In this context, i have found myself thinking effective cybersecurity cannot move at, quote, the speed of government. By that i mean cybersecurity is a 21st century Public Policy program just not manageable by 20th century government means. Regulations, mandates and centralized action in general, these approaches are inadequate to match the pace of change. Congress needs to make sure that the governments role in detecting and responding to cyberattacks is clearly defined, that theyre focused first and foremost on the security of federal information networks. Today well hear from the department of Homeland Security and their cybersecurity work. How it is evolving about their approach to this complex range of threats. With respect to individual actors and industries that are at their greatest risk of cyberattack, hea
Then with that, again, i thank the chairman and i now welcome our panel of witnesses. First, i would again like to welcome senator angus king, the former governor of maine, who served as cochair of this commission. Senator king currently sits on the Senate Armed Services committee and the committee on intelligence among others and has been a vocal leader on cybersecurity throughout his tenure. I welcome the senator here. Next, representative Mike Gallagher, cochair of the cyber Space Commission and current member of the house of representatives for the 8th district of wisconsin. Mr. Gallagher is a member of the house Armed Services committee and a former member of this committee. I also would like to welcome mr. Gallagher back to the committee again, back to congress after his paternity leave. I thank him for interrupting his paternity leave being with us. Again, congratulations on your daughter grace. In addition to being a huge packers fan, i know youre very proud as a father and for
Senator angus king and congressman Mike Gallagher. If i lived further north congressman al gore would be my member of congress. We are pleased to welcome Suzanne Spaulding who ill introduce people more formally prior to their also thomas fanning, two of the commissioners of the commission. First of all i want to thank the cochairs and that commissioners for the important work on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. I think the end product is excellent. I think it has solid recommendations that a number of these are within our committees jurisdiction over the working hard to evaluate those and the ones that we can get them passed into law of these recommendations can be done through executive action. What id like to spend my time just enter my formal written state into the record, i just want to talk about two of the commissions recommendations. When i i got here in the congrs in 2011, cybersecurity was a hot issue. It still is. Its not going away. I remember the buzzword back ban is we
Need to continue medication efforts as the state gradually reopens. Gov. Hutchinson katie, are you ready . Ok. Thanks for coming in on short notice. You found your tie ok. Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for joining us. As everyone is aware, i didnt intend to have a covid19 update today. But a couple things popped up that i thought it would be good to have the information out to the public in a transparent way. First, let me put on the screen city. Ure of the we have signed some extra testing resources. You have a drivein facility there. This was taken this morning. It is going on. Great response by the community that comes in. We expect a good number to have been tested there. So, thank you for your cooperation, your leadership, and for taking advantage of this enhanced testing opportunity in your community. Im joined today by dr. Nate smith, secretary of the department of health. Mike preston is here, secretary of commerce. Then, director dexter payne from the department of correcti