Key National Challenges. In 2020, one of the Biggest National challenges we face is to hold the National Challenge National Selection during the covid19 pandemic. Today, we are honored to host leading experts from the national and intergovernmental community that protects state and local government Information Systems. First, well hear from jeffrey hale, the director of the Election Security initiative at the department of Homeland Security. He will be followed by a discussion including questions from the audience. Please feel free to use the chat function here on zoom to ask questions. After that, the second half of our program will feature a discussion with representatives of associations of discussions on leaders. Lindsay forson, with National Association of secretaries of state. And Maggie Brunner, a director for Homeland Security at the National Governors association. First, its really terrific to have an opportunity to hear from jeffrey and the department of Homeland Security. Si
Meant. Popular the time dhs is present and they see the infrastructure and this purity is really a supporting function helping to provide information and overbuild man purses to help those stakeholders manage risk to theirs systems. To do so we tried to have an information with the information sharing and analysis and was stood up in 2018 and since that time has two of the states it has more than 2500 local addictions deployed intrusion Protection Centers for helping to understand what type of traffic is targeting election infrastructure across the states. It has really been a rapid evolution of the information of the communal defense in this sector. We have been able to take some of the best practices learned with doing this type of support for other structures and apply it to our support with election infrastructure. Thats a little different we talk about the seventh and of effort supporting partisan efforts with campaigns and Party Committees which we have the same Vulnerability Man
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Gold materials to make things. Im calling aspen thanks for joining us across europe borders are closing businesses are shutting their doors as People Get Ready to wait out the coronavirus pandemic at home italy is still the worst hit country in europe but spain has reported 1500 new cases between friday and saturday and madrid is now preparing to announce tight new restrictions on Movement Across the nation. Half empty food markets in madrid boss restaurants and shops shut down and people told to stay at home and a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus spain is the 2nd hardest hit country in europe after its elite the Spanish Government has declared. 2 weeks state of emergency and announced increased measures to control the covert 19 outbreak famous tourist sites like barcelona as landmarks like rather familiar have been closed off elsewhere its early remains under a nationwide lockdown and the effects of social distancing are plain to see romes piazza del popolo the people square all