Counsel of the department of Homeland Security commented on the fact Homeland Security is a discipline and we see this in our law schools and undergraduate schools around the country were Homeland Security is taught today and we will be holding not on a penal josh will be moderating later. Celebrations and anniversaries come in 10 year intervals. Youre part of History Today with this 10th year program. The program really had its genesis to serving the general counsels office many years ago. So it is only appropriate today introduced the keynote speaker who is the current general counsel of the department of Homeland Security. The bible is the current general counsel and has served with distinction they are the last many years. Hes the chief legal officer of the department of Homeland Security and see if i lost track of how Many Employers you actually supervise, but it is probably somewhere in the vicinity of 1800 lawyers. I recall as many as 600 lawyers are sure the wash d. C. Area. I
Afternoon. The fbi secretly arrested an nsa kr contractor for stealing contract materials. He worked just like Edward Snowden. Another black eye for the firm and shares are moving slightly lower. We have details on what was allegedly stolen and the potential fallout here coming up. Meantime, salesforce. Com is reportedly getting more serious about this bid for twitter. Shares of both stocks moving in opposite directions, although there has been a comeback of sorts for twitter. Jim will get more on this. A possible bid for twitter by it sales force. The weaponization of finance. Thats when countries like the u. S. Use the power of banks to impose its will on other countries. Ian bremmer will explain the risks of this strategy. Its a lot to think about. Hes calling it after the gzero. Youve got the imf meetings tomorrow. This will help get us in the mood for global conversations. Lets start with western crude at 50 a barrel. Plus this discovery, more oil off the coast of alaska. Jackie d
Agencys i. T. System doing cybersecurity and also doing password restoration. Kind of and against them you had the Peoples Liberation army. So it wasnt entirely a fair fight. Sought idea of managed services is good but its easier to say than to do. So in talking to people in the government they say, well, theres networks, theres email, theres the application thats are running. What is it youre going to be managing . What is it youre going to move to . Then theres the question of who is it thats going to manage the services . Do you go to commercial contractors the way gsa does it now . Do you have it be a Central Agency like dhs . I dont know if you want to talk about managed services. If this works, it and the budget will profoundly change how the federal government does Cyber Security. Ill stress at this point the way if. So i dont know who wants to go first. Ill take a first stab. I think the answer to your question depends on the answer of who. Commercial. Is it another agency . Is
From its public website. On march 7th the irs reported that it was temporarily suspending us of the ippin application as part of an ongoing security review. The irs does not anticipate having the technology in place for either the get transcript or ippin application to provide multifactor authentication capability before the summer of 2016. The number and sophistication of threats to taxpayer information will likely continue to increase and these threats will be a continued focus of our audit and investigative activity. Chairman hatch, Ranking Member widen, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to share my views. Thank you so much. We appreciate having your views and will now turn to mr. Dadaro and i understand the other two witnesses will be here to answer questions if necessary. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Good morning to you. Ranking member wyden, members of the committee, were pleased to discuss gaos work related to Computer Security at irs and Identity The
Who can keep taxpayer Information Safe. If you are a top notch tech expert, you already are taking a pay cut to work in Public Service compared to what youd earn at firms in oregon or california. Now, without what is called streamlined Critical Pay Authority, it can take four to six months to bring a new hire on board at the irs. So i want to be clear as we go to questions, taxpayer information is under assault every single day. But the irs does not have the Legal Authority it needs from the congress to build a Cybersecurity Team that can beat back the crooks. Already theres been an exodus of high ranking irs tech staff. The director of cybersecurity operations left a month ago. The terms for the remaining employees working under this Authority Continue to expire, including for one of our witnesses chief technology officer. Come 2017, there are not going to be any left. So today, instead of rehashing the past and just beating up on one agency or one firm, to me, the priority ought to b