We have more people trying to get in with the right skills and we have space for right now all. I am mindful of what are the advance indicators suggesting that is changing, though we will lose more than we can bring in. I would tell you the work force at u. S. Cybercommand will talk about the shutdown in 2013 as an example, is this, i get this everytime i talked to a work force round of world. Is this going to happen again . Am i going to be told by cant come to work . I may not be paid or i am going to be put on furlough like in 2013 . The situation were facing now and what the work force is reading in the media is not helpful. I agree, thank you. Admiral rogers, nice to see you. I have enjoyed our many classified briefings, i visited your headquarters and personnel around the world and the 3 million i represent, i want to thank not just you but the thousands of men and women you represent, they are patriots, professionals and responsible for saving thousands of american lives. In 201
Question, first. In terms of the input, my opinion the devil is always in the details. I would want to understand the specifics of what we are talking about. That is a good duck. It just doesnt crack. Lets move on, i want to ask you about the use of encrypted information by terrorist and criminals. The fbi director came before us and gave us stark testimony about going dark and how big the problem was. Did you believe the increased use of this kind of encryption and apps as you pointed out poses a National Security threat . Yes, maam, i am concerned the direction we are going, if we make no changes is minted we have to get together with the government and industry and policy side. This is a complex network and there is no simple answer here. If we put our mind to it, we can come up with a solution that is september acceptable. You dont want me or an Intelligence Organization making those kinds of decision. You dont want us to unilaterally do that. I am the first to acknowledge that. Th
I would like to call this hearing to order. Admiral, welcome. I would like to welcome admiral rogers, director of the National Security agency. Mike, as you know we typically hold hearing in close session so we can review your classified programs. Given the sensitive nature of the programs and the need to protect methods which intelligence is gathered that position is understandable. Today, we want to take time to insure the American People have an opportunity to learn more about the nsa, the mission you workforce is tasked with and what you are doing to combat the increasing cyber threat to the nation. Cyber threats are top priority for the Intelligence Community. Attacks are increasing in scale, scope, and complexity and severity of impact. The office of personal management suffered from one of the biggest Cyber Breaches our government has ever encountered and there are count less other recent examples of attacks in the public and private sector. While the nsa typically works in secr
That see those of culture and compliance that i think it s. Our greatest advantage. Nsa plays a significant role in counterterrorism efforts, discovering terrorists plans, intentions, communications and location toss disrupt or defeat the their attack. Obviously we cant go into great detail here, but to what extent can you discuss it please he will plate on that ns sachlt is doing to combat terrorism and more specifically something that every american is focused on is and isil. So without going into the details of how we do this, we broadly use our ability to Work Communications in the foreign space to generate insights as to what isil and other groups are doing. Largely through our cyber and our signals intelligence expertise. The challenge i would argue in the Counterterrorism Mission set for us, whether its isil, ive seen the same thing in al qaeda and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, for example, ive seen more changes in their behavior in the last two years probably than any othe
It was not just get more information because more information is better. There was a conscious thought about how to we try to make sure this does not happen again. The revised structure that a new legal frame puts in the place, the biggest differences under the old structure, the phone companies provided us data and we queried at. It. The new structure, the phone companies retain data, we get a court order, and the phone Company Provides specific data. Three weeks in in the process. We are working with the initial set of providers we will continue to finish the refining of the process with them. We will look to add additional providers over time. It is working well so far. It is not an insignificant challenge for our private company teammates. Were asking them to do something they have not done before. They have been cooperative. I have no problem with the private sector we are dealing with here. Each of them has a slightly different policy as to how long they retain a slightly differe