It takes up more room than the actual article itself. Want to introduce the subject of this next session which is this booklet here. Its called transform which is very beautiful and its about an initiative that we were privileged to fund called exploring innovation frontier. I want to give a shout out to promote the head of our engineering director at the time a few years ago when we made the decision to fund this. He has gone on to uc irvine where he is a vice chancellor for research. During this time there have been several workshops around the country and ill say a few words about that and then you will hear from two of the people that were greatly involved in those workshops more about this. Let me make now that ive kind of introduced the subject of basic research, leading to innovation and leading to engineering applications, let me make some formal remarks. I will just begin with the quote from our inspiration of the National Science foundation who believed that there must be a s
I recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Mr. Lahood i want to welcome the witnesses here today and welcome chairman smith, Oversight Subcommittee Research and Technology Ranking member lipinski, our expert witnesses and members of the audience. Cybersecurity, a concept we hear mentioned frequently, especially in this period of rapidly emerging threats, is an everevolving concept. Maintaining an effective cybersecurity posture requires constant vigilance as new threats emerge and old ones return. Too often, however, when we hear about the importance of cybersecurity, we are left without concrete steps to take to ensure or systems are best positioned to defend against emerging threats. One of the goals of todays hearing is to learn about real, tangible measures the government can take to ensure its i. T. Security systems are appropriately reenforced, to defend against new and emerging threats, including novel and sophisticated ransomware threats. The specific focus o
Well come to order. Without objection, the chair has authorized to declare recess of the committee at anytime. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing entitled bolstering cybersecurity. I recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. I want to welcomethe witnesses here today and elcome chairman smith, Oversight Subcommittee Research and Technology Ranking member lipinski, our expert witnesses and members of the audience. Oversight subcommittee research and Technology Ranking member cyd from wannacry. I recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. I want to welcome the witnesses here today and welcome chairman smith, oversight subcommittee Ranking Member lipinski, our expert witnesses and members of the audience. Cybersecurity, a concept we hear mentioned frequently, especially in this period of rapidly emerging threats, is an everevolving concept. Maintaining an effective cybersecurity posture requires constant vigilance as new threats emerge and old one
Well come to order. Without objection, the chair has authorized to declare recess of the committee at anytime. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing entitled bolstering cybersecurity. I recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. I want to welcomethe witnesses here today and elcome chairman smith, Oversight Subcommittee Research and Technology Ranking member lipinski, our expert witnesses and members of the audience. Oversight subcommittee research and Technology Ranking member cyd from wannacry. I recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. I want to welcome the witnesses here today and welcome chairman smith, oversight subcommittee Ranking Member lipinski, our expert witnesses and members of the audience. Cybersecurity, a concept we hear mentioned frequently, especially in this period of rapidly emerging threats, is an everevolving concept. Maintaining an effective cybersecurity posture requires constant vigilance as new threats emerge and old one
Maintaining an effective cyber tourity posture is important remain vigilant. Too often when we hear about the importance of Cyber Security we are left without concrete steps to take to ensure our positions position against emerging threats. One of the goals today is to learn about tangible measures the government can take to its i. T. Systems to defend against new and emerging threats including novel and sophisticated rent somewhere threats. The specific focus will be the wannacry ran somewhere attack. It was last month in a worldwide attack that impacted nearly every country in the world. Although the concept of ransom ware is not new, the type of rent somewhere employed by wannacry was novel. It made people pay to get access to documents. It signaled a new type of wo rming. It would spread more rapidly with each new infection. In light of the method of attack, Cyber Security experts including those we will hear from today have expressed concerns that the virus is only a preview of a