The committee on Homeland Securitys subcommittee on Cyber Security and Infrastructure Protection will come to order. First of all im sure i speak to for all of us here on the day as expressing our deepest condolences to all of the family members and all of the victims of yesterdays tragedy in las vegas. Events liking the one yesterday demand the utmost humanity in response to such blind hate and eevlt and hopefully it will give us all a renewed senses of purpose as we approach the tasks of the day. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony regarding the department of homeland securities Cyber Security mission. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Were here today at the start of national Cyber Security Awareness Month to discuss what i believe is one of the defining policy challengings. The Cyber Security posture of the United States. Weve seen Cyber Attacks hit nearly every sector. And it is our shared duty to insure that were doing our very best to defend against
Protection, and securitysecuri technologies will come to order. First of all, im sure speak for all of us here on the dais in expressing our deepest condolences to all of the family members and all of the victims of yesterdays tragedy in las vegas. Events like the one yesterdayic really demand the utmost humanity in response to such blind hate and evil, and hopefully will give us all a renewed sense of purpose today as we approach the task of the h day. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony regarding the department of Homeland Security is Cybersecurity Mission. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. We are here to today, at the start of National Cybersecurity awareness month, to discuss what i believe is one of the defining Public Policy challenges of ouri generation, the cybersecurityy posture of the United States. We have seen cyberattacks hit practically every sector of our economy with devastating impact to both Government Agencies ande the private sector ali
Identifying on the Agency Networks and allow us to better prioriti prioritize. Thanks. So one of the other points i want to cover today was last week the gao came out with a fairly critical report one that would appear to be most troubling said only 7 of the 24 csf agencies have programs with any functions considered effective per the niche standards for Cyber Security control. That doesnt sound very good. I want to give you the opportunity to as we talk about the Cyber Security posture of the dot guv, reconcile that with the report. Sir, i think that we have weve learned a lot over the years about agency capac tattoo manage Cyber Security risks and the resources they have to do so. I can say theyve prioritized across the highest level of government. What weve learned through engagement in partnership and measuring agencies is there remains significant gaps and we have built over the last couple of years and are continuing to build Technical Assistance capabilities. Things like design
The House Homeland Security subcommittee on Cyber Security held a hearing with officials from the Homeland Security department and the Energy Department regarding the federal governments Cyber Security programs. The subcommittee looked into the security of election systems, the governments i. T. Systems, and the security of the nations electric grid. The committee on Homeland Securitys subcommittee on Cyber Security and Infrastructure Protection will come to order. First of all, im sure i speak for all of us here on the dais in expressing our deepest condolences to all of the family members and all of the victims of yesterdays tragedy in las vegas. Events liking the one yesterday demand the utmost humanity in response to such blind hate and evil and hopefully will give us all a renewed senses of purpose as we approach the tasks of the day. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony regarding the department of homeland securities Cyber Security mission. I recognize myself fo
My name is peterbergen. I run the International Security program here. Welcome to you and also the people watching on cspan. Cspan is covering this live. When we get to the questionandanswer session, please make sure to identify yourself and wait for the microso the audience outside the room can hear your question. Today we are going to discuss afghanistan 2017, and prospects for the future. And we have two brilliant panelists to discuss that. First of all of course ambassador mohib, the ambassador to the u. S. From afghanistan. He worked as president ganis chief of staff. Previously worked with intel, worked with the American University in afghanistan. Also a ph. D. From bruinel university in the united kingdom. And he will speak first. And then after that,iany koss keenas who is a fellow here, who has been living in afghanistan pretty much since 2010. Iani runs a company which provides intelligence and security analysis to businesses in afghanistan. He is also doing his ph. D. At Kin