Id appreciate it. Im going to take the role now, vice chair. Present. Commissioner palmer. Here. Commissioner thomas hicks. Here. So we have a quorum of the commission. Good afternoon, i thank you for joining us today as the u. S. Election Assistance Commission convenes an Election Security forum for the security challenge Election Administrators face ahead of the 2020 president ial election. This vital conversation will provide us with a better understanding of ways the commission can help jurisdictions address a variety of Security Issues, including those that stem from aging Voting Technology. When Congress Passed the help america vote act of 2002, it established the eac as the only federal entity solely focused on Election Officials and voters they serve. Part of our charge is to be the nations clearinghouse on Election Administration. It is this responsibility that brings us here today and guides our Election Security efforts. Eac prides itself addressing significant issues and th
Tell me exactly briefly, quickly, then well turn to our things and come back to the report per se, how this came about. It came about, the president looked at what the challenges were and things that had been addressed in the first seven years of his term and determined that there were a number of challenges that continued. Essentially what this was was a preparation of a transition memo for the next president. Jim clapper, the directorer of National Intelligence, has the last three or four years in each of his presentations to the congress, on what the major threats are facing the United States, has ranked cybersecurity number one. Its just not the case that the country has treated it as the number one threat. We have far more resources and emphasis and mind share and attention to counterterrorism, which is appropriate. And homeland security. But we were, in terms of a whole range of dimensions, really kind of underfocused on the cybersecurity challenge. There were a number things tha
Tell me exactly briefly, quickly, then well turn to our things and come back to the report per se, how this came about. It came about, the president looked at what the challenges were and things that had been addressed in the first seven years of his term and determined that there were a number of challenges that continued. Essentially what this was was a preparation of a transition memo for the next president. Jim clapper, the directorer of National Intelligence, has the last three or four years in each of his presentations to the congress, on what the major threats are facing the United States, has ranked cybersecurity number one. Its just not the case that the country has treated it as the number one threat. We have far more resources and emphasis and mind share and attention to counterterrorism, which is appropriate. And homeland security. But we were, in terms of a whole range of dimensions, really kind of underfocused on the cybersecurity challenge. There were a number things tha
Enhance cybersecurity and how the commission came about. Rose and a now fill by Mark Wahlberg and we were joined about the conversation about the patriots day film. If every day you turn on the news or open the paper theres another attack somewhere and we wanted to promote the message love will always win and wanted to come together and unite and how my town reacted in the face of terror it made me proud. Rose and conclude with andy cohen. I think its so egotistical to say my life is so interesting but ive now written three books about my life and have gotten over that thing and to give people a window on it but i write with a lot of humor and selfdeprecation. Look, i call the book superficial. Im trying to get ahead of it. Rose Sam Palmisano, tom don ilon and andy cohen. And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose cybersecurity has become on
Enhance cybersecurity and how the commission came about. Rose and a now fill by Mark Wahlberg and we were joined about the conversation about the patriots day film. If every day you turn on the news or open the paper theres another attack somewhere and we wanted to promote the message love will always win and wanted to come together and unite and how my town reacted in the face of terror it made me proud. Rose and conclude with andy cohen. I think its so egotistical to say my life is so interesting but ive now written three books about my life and have gotten over that thing and to give people a window on it but i write with a lot of humor and selfdeprecation. Look, i call the book superficial. Im trying to get ahead of it. Rose Sam Palmisano, tom don ilon and andy cohen. And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose cybersecurity has become on