Security, certainly the military has used forms of encryption for decades. But can we can you give us a contemporary snapshot of how encryption used by government or nongovernment users protect us against cyberattacks today . We can start over here, please. I will answer the question, but im not at all the expert in this space. I think the other panelists are much more expert than i am in the notion of encryption and protecting our infrastructure. The one point i will say that i tried to emphasis in my Opening Statement is that we shouldnt forget about some of the changes that are happening in terms of the way that infrastructure can be accessed. I think we sometimes lose sight of the fact that phones themselves now are used as authentication devices. If you can break the encryption and get into the phone, that may be a very easy way to get into the power grid, to get into our transport systems, into our water systems. So its not just a question of the firewalls or the access. Its what
The Vice President would be a pretty good one. Well see. We had a meeting with the Vice President and two cochairs and well see where that leads. But theres a lot of work to be done. Fortunately the panel provide a recommendation to further enhance our abilities to prevent, and respond and protect against a buy logical incident. Today we have the opportunity to discuss recommendations with the heads of several agencies, senior people in several agencies who will be responsible for implementing some of the recommendations of the earlier panel. Im eager to hear your thoughts and hear how you believe we can further improve our countrys biodefense systems. This is an important conversation to have. In the context of recent global events including a couple emergesing as we speak. Ebola continues to threaten west africa and the threat of the virus has declined significantly, thanks in no small part to the Investments America has made and the Health Systems of those countries hardest hit by t
University of wisconsin, madison. She has books, from the cold war to the war on terror, which fyi, is available for purchase outside of this room after this talk today. She is also the author of cold decolonization in guinea. Masses, 1939 to 1958. The author of peasants, traders, and wives. And decoding corporate camouflage, u. S. Business support or a parttime. Par tied. Her next book is foreign intervention in africa after the cold war, sovereignty, and responsibility in the war on terror. This book be published by Ohio University press. Todays talk is based on the last book, and is entitled, foreign intervention in africa during the cold war. Dr. Schmidt thank you very much for the kind introduction and thank you all for coming. I had a list of organizations that i was also going to thank but i think christian has done for me. I will perceive on to the talk. Talk isindicated my based primarily on information of various topics covered in my 2013 book foreign intervention in africa b
Dozens of problems, and many have been the focus of hot debate between the 2016 president ial candidates. But there is one issue that has gone largely undiscussed. In america today, women make only 3 4 of what a man makes for the same work. Why . We went to federal representatives to find out. We are in a society now where there are a lot of singleparent homes in our society now. The kids are usually with the mom, so when they are only . 76 per dollar, what youre really doing is you are taking money not just away from that one woman, you are actually taking away from the whole family unit. If you have women as head of households with more income, they are going to spend more money. Invest more in decades. In their kids. That has more positive ramifications. Of course, i think the big elephant in the room that can be awkward to talk about, women continue to take a lot of time out of the workforce and downgrade their work when they have kids. When they leave work for a couple of years, t
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