Around, both in the audience here and throughout the exhibit hall, are some of the most Innovative Cybersecurity Companies and organizations in the world facing some of the toughest adversaries. We thank you for your dedication to this mission. My wonderful wife, susan, founded billington cybersecurity nearly ten years ago. Besides this annual summit we host the leadership council, a membership council. We aim to be top experts in the serious and deep dialogue about cybersecurity in our nations capital. I deeply thank the superb speakers who will share their insights. Please lets give them a round of applause. [ applause ] for the media, including cspan thats filming the event today, this conference is on the record unless specified and unclassified. And we welcome those members of the media today. You can follow us on twitter at billington cyber. And use billingt billingtonsum. We have a packed day and a half ahead. It has been expanded by a half day this year. Q a will be available f
General once again. Did the cabinet have sight of the legal advice, and did the Prime Minister chief adviser, Dominic Cummings have sight of the legal advice . She will know that i cannot disclose whether i give advice, or the content of any such advice. It has covered by the law offices convention. The question is was the advice shown presumes there was advice. So it simply contradicts the law offices convention. I wish i could answer, but i cant. Following yesterdays Supreme Court judgment, the but i cant. Following yesterdays Supreme Courtjudgment, the Prime Minister presumably got in touch with the Buckingham Palace and offered his apologies to her majesty the queen for unlawful advice. My question is that the attorney general speak to the Prime Minister before that conversation took place . I didnt, no. Seems he cant remember would he agree with me that any reasonable attorney general acting with due care would challenge and perhaps even laugh at any suggestion that five weeks of
Well also hear from the defense departments Deputy Principal cyber adviser. This is just under an hour. [applause] well, thank you very much and welcome back from lunch. If those who are in the exhibit hall, if you could begin to move back, we would greatly appreciate it. I want to give a special thanks to Northrup Grumman. So Jennifer Walsmith and chris valentino, i know, are here. If you could raise your hands . Jennifer is here and chris from Northrup Grumman, i want to give a special thanks to them for this lunch sponsorship. [applause] i also want to thank them for their seven years of sponsorship and support which has been greatly, really a key reason for us being able to host this forum with the government, military and to be able to do this now for the tenth year. So thank you very much. I want to just also point, give to your anticipation, please, on your seats are fliers that describe the next years event, september 8th and 9th at the Marriott Wardman park. So that will be se
The continuous diagnostics and Mitigation Program and what im going to talk to you today about is the importance of the cdm program continuous diagnostics and mitigation for federal cybersecurity. I want to set the stage in regards to where the cdm program originated around 2012. Many of these types of headlines were occurring and we see those today, as well. They continue to try to perform reconnaissance on our Government Networks, try to get to our Mission Critical and sensitive data. Really the importance of cdm is to help agencies combat that. What we want to do is help agencies and get in front of the adversary, get in front of the threat. And so, what we have done in the federal government, started out at dod with the cybersecurity architecture review there and now dodcar and we have it in the civilian side. The dotgov review and what this effort is about is to take a look at our government systems, Government Networks to understand how the adversary is looking at them. To unders
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