Document. When secretary signed the document, he directed the department to focus its efforts on three primary missions in cyber space. One, defend the department of information, department of Defense Information Networks to assure our dod missions. Two, defend the United States against Cyber Attacks of significant consequence and, three, provide full spectrum cyber options to support contingency plans and military operations. Another key part of our strategy is deterrence. Dod is supporting a comprehensive Cyber Strategy to deter attacks on the u. S. And our interests. This strategy depends on the totality of u. S. Actions, to include declaratory policy, overall defensive posture, Effective Response procedures, indications and warning capabilities and the resiliency of u. S. Networks and systems. I am proud to say that the department has made important strides in implementing dod strategy since it was signed in 2015. My colleagues and i look forward to going into greater detail on our
We are integrated in with the private sector well. Were going to continue to grow that, whether its through the Defense Innovation unit, experimental out in Silicon Valley, that secretary carter stood up. How we lerchlveraged the skills that the National Guard and sources bring and we leverage those skills as integrating those folks into the Cyber Mission force or continue to work with the private sector in response to Cyber Attacks through exercises such as cyber guard. So, we already are working with the private sector pretty well, i think. Were going to get better at that. And were leveraging the skills of the National Guard and reserve folks as part of the Cyber Mission force. But you dont see anything in the works like what israel did, for instance, where there would be an actual consolidation into one location . That is a much smaller country, obviously. Right. I would say that i dont see that. No, sir. I think we have good coordination and collaboration through the department of
The department of Homeland Security. Dj johnson from the fbi. Jen silk from the department of energy. Let me set the stage for you a little bit before we dive in. Over the past eight years, and someone say longer, the country has faced an alarming increase in the number of Cyber Incidents against the public and private sectors, incidents which have ranged in scale and sophistication and severity. Last week, president obama ued we are pleased to convene this group of experts to provide feedback. It is so important that we provide feedback on how best to implement this policy. It directs the department of Homeland Security in coordination with a variety of different federal agencies to submit a National Cyber Incident Response plan within 180 days. We understand that a draft plan will be ready for you in september for your comments. In the meantime, we hope that you will use todays events to talk about the plan to ask questions about it to ask questions about how the writers intend to co
Microsoft. Meanwhile, ceo tim cook announced that apple is investing 850 million in a new solar farm, a partnership with first solar. President obama has called Vladimir Putin ahead of the ukrainian peace talks tomorrow and mr. Obama reaffirmed u. S. Support for ukrainian sovereignty and warned putin that the costs will rise if russia continues to send troops and weapons supporting rebels. President obama also spoke with the president of ukraine poroshenko. And twitter cfo anthony noto had his account hacked, and he was sending spam tweets. Hackers also hit the page of delta airlines, and they said they have removed the objectionable content and are investigating the source of the hack. The white house is creating a new agency Whose Mission is to stop Cyber Attacks and improve information sharing about those attacks. The Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center will collect that information from various Government Departments involved in Cyber Security including Homeland Security a
Open lower by 37 points. Nasdaq lower by 2. Goldman sachs holding a technology and Energy Conference today. Yahoo ceo and twitter ceo are expected to give keynote speeches later on today. In other media news nbc news announcing it is suspending Brian Williams for six months without pay effective immediately. He personally admitted he misrepresented events about coming under fire while flying in an helicopter during the iraq war. While on nbc news friday january 30th 2015 brian amissmisrepresented events that happened during the iraq war in 2013. Then it became clear that brian had done the same while telling that story in other venues. She added this was a very hard decision. Certainly there will be those that disagree but we believe this suspension is appropriate and proportionate action. Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of americans place in nbc news. His actions are inexcusable and this suspension is severe and appropriate. appropriate. He says williams deserves a Second Cha