Ways to improve cyberSecurity Issues for the Energy Sector. Witnesses stressed the importance of protecting the Us Energy Grid and what the government can do now to help prepare for potential attacks, held by the Senate Energy committee, this is almost two hours. Good morning, the committee will come to order. We are here this morning to examine federal and industry efforts to improve the cybersecurity of the Energy Sector including efforts to improve collaboration on Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure protection initiatives. It has been more than a year since we last held a hearing on cybersecurity for the Energy Sector but it is fair to say this is always a timely topic. A critical priority we cant lose sight of even as we grapple with covid19, which becomes the source of our next national crisis. There have been a few noteworthy developments since our last year. Earlier this year the president issued an executive order focused on securing our system from the cyber and physic
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Or at least number of cases and number of deaths appear to be slowing. Certainly in the new york area, new york metropolitan area. Neil across the country, by and large across the globe. That does not mean cases are still increasing. It is theyre not increasing as much. Like yesterday the markets are seizing on that. That is lifting pretty much all of the major s p 500 sectors. All 11 that weve been keeping an eye on here. That despite what youre seeing happening in americas busiest thoroughfare, what used to be times square in new york, the crossroads of america, has been all but tumbleweed territory but again a lot of what youre seeing shows that right now at least in the markets maybe there is a sense those roadways will be busier and soon. There is no way of telling. Blake burman is looking what does justify or will describe what gets people out of their homes and what the government is looking at, what the United States is looking at, what states are looking at, to sort of get goi
Process if you havent figured out how to donate the money a couple hundred million dollars, youre not a great person, which is different than a person that doesnt have the privilege of being sentenced. You dont get to have the letters of support attempting to donate all this money how you are able to spend and change the communities. We need to have a little bit more of that outrage coming from the people in which they are wanting the approval most from a. Other people see themselves in the same boat facing the same kind of sanctions. You say its not that youre kind of protecting ourselves, but at the same time you should be able to call out and admit mistakes when they are made. The when mistakes happen they happen in major firms. To think anything other than that would be extreme. We can admit them up front and see what we are doing to change those and its a degree of transparency. What we are doing to address this. Host we could spend a lot more time on this as a fascinating book an
Adopt the budget. That concludes my presentation. Im available to answer any questions you might have. Thank you tom just commissioners to summarize quickly the heart of Budget Proposal is those in any positions that ac that tom went over and the 40 bucket on page 11 of the slide show so those bucket are dealing with the backlog to deal with new policy initiative to deal with process improvements and to fallout grow our ability to do Better Community outreach those are the issues ive benefit hearing from the board of supervisors and the mayor for the last year we hope those kind of address those issues in an appropriate way im just want to under the influence this is the vast majority of the revenues were seeing going to fund those 14 to 9 positions the next two years with that, weigh close our presentation and anxious to hear our comments as well. Open up for Public Comment if there is any Public Comment on this item. Okay not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner moore.