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
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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
Welcome to the governors policy roundtable. Executive director of the National Governors association. Thank you, come on, everybody. Thank you, hope you all had a great lunch and we are going to move forward here. Oklahoma governor and North Carolina governor roy cooper. [applause] thank you so much and welcome, we are excited your joining us. Infrastructure is one of the most commonus topics asked about us governors. When will the new bridge be built, when will be pothole be fixed . When will we get highspeed internet . Why is this taking so long to finish . Take your pick, the grid upgrade, solar projects, you name it. Theres no sugarcoating it. The United States is among the slowest stations in the developed world approving Infrastructure Projects particularly when it comes to energy. Permitting reviews for Energy Projects in the u. S. Take six years longer than china, india or other european you nations. Ive had Energy Stakeholders in oklahoma told me it could take up to ten years