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This is one of several appearances he made. This is two hours. This is two hours. The committee will come to order it as we hear testimony from a the ceo from equifax that held those positions until last week i understand you are now an unpaid advisor to the company that we appreciate your willingness to testify here about the events surrounding the breach and equifax response what you were leading the company. Given the severity congress will continue to examine the facts and what can be done to prevent similar situations cyber securities one of the most pressing issues facing Companies Consumers and governments alike is one of the biggest threats to the Financial System the amount of data us the industry collective stores very concerning intrinsic vulnerability collecting and storing personal information when you have the Banking Committee takes the oversight seriously and Financial Institutions Credit Bureau serves the critical function to be a daily part of every americans intersec
Executive officer of equifax who held those positions until last week. I understand that youre now serving as an unpaid adviser to the company and appreciate your willingness to testify here and appear and testify about the events surrounding the brief and equifaxs response while you were leading the company. Congress will continue to examine the facts. Cybersecurity is one of the most important issues facing companies as well as consumers and government alike and is one of the biggest threats to our Financial System. The amount of data that the private industry and government collect and store is very concerning. There is intrinsic vulnerability in collecting and storing personal Financial Information, and we need to have a meaningful discussion on how to protect and limit access to it. The Banking Committee takes its oversight of Credit Bureaus seriously. As they are Financial Institutions under the grand leach bliley act. Credit bureaus serve a critical function in our Financial Sys
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David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . You have now had to follow bill gates and steve ballmer, two legendary figures. Did you feel you were ready for the job following those legends . Or were you saying i could do a better job than they did . Satya the best advice i got from both bill and steve i think helped me a lot. The clear message was, dont try to be like us. Dont even bother to sort of say, i am succeeding these people. Just be your own. In fact, i remember very distinctly, even during the interview process, the board was conducting they asked me, do you want to be the ceo . I said only if you want me to be , the ceo. The feedback i got was that people who want to be ceos are like, i want to be ceo. That is not me. I remember one i was talkin