State about security challenges. I want to welcome my panelists up here. Thank you for being to participate in this discussion. Obviously, its the topic day jour for Election Administrators and folks like jeremy in the Computer Science community dealing with election cybersecurity, securing the elections process. Just as a way of background, this topic is the topic de jour coming out of the elections where we saw state actors targeting systems and vendors and sphere fishing attempts in 2016 as well as declaration of elections as Critical Infrastructure. By the department of security. I hope we can talk about the operating environment. S and what steps were looking to secure the process looking at 2018 and how you are. Jeremy gray was supposed to be here from l. A. County and he came down with the flu. We thank him for not coming. We thank him for not coming. I will tee it up to do quick three to five minute opening remarks and then get into the discussion if thats okay. My far right is
After a brief introduction well hear from the acting deputy under secretary for National Protection at the department of Homeland Security. All right, well go ahead and start back up. I appreciate you all trying to get back from lunch in an hour in d. C. Is difficult even if the food court is just down stairs, so thank you. Were at the hour of the program for the keynote remarks. Acting director of Homeland Security was scheduled to join us but unfortunately was pulled away to washington on business. We were very grateful the department dispatched you, and bob culasky, the acting director secretary commonly known in our elections now as mmpd to deliver the keynote remarks. Bob overseas Infrastructure Protection, the federal protective service and the office of cyber and infrastructure analysis. He also workwise the deputy under Cyber Security and communications to ensure a whoalistic approach to Critical Infrastructure, protection across cyber risk activities. Prior to serving in these
When he gets in the car, he knows what he is going to happen what is going to happen. Tonight, on cspans q and a. Now, Homeland Security undersecretary Suzanne Spaulding talks about protecting the nations infrastructure. She was part of an event hosted by the American Bar Association. It is about 90 minutes. [applause] youood morning and thank for that very gracious introduction. Some of you know and everybody will eventually learn that when you have spent over six decades occupying space, you take on a variety of roles. Way, you it another wear a variety of hats. I will explain to you three different hats that i wear. And currently special advisor to the American Bar Association Standing Committee on net law and National Security, we celebrated by 54th birthday, founded aba president and Later Supreme Court Justice Lewis powell and chicago lawyer. The committee focused on the legal aspects of Security Issues and conducted studies and sponsored programs and conferences and highlights t
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