Protecting the nations Transportation Systems. This morning we reflect on a somber day in american history. It was exactly 18 years ago that terrorists turned civilian aircraft into weapons, killing nearly 3000 americans and injuring thousands more. Today, we honor the memories of those who perished, and those First Responders who ran into harms way to help their fellow citizens. The tragedy of 9 11 led to the creation of the Transportation Security Administration. Tsa. Within the new department of Homeland Security. Tsa is charged with protecting our nations Transportation Systems from attacks and ensuring freedom of movement of people in commerce. Acting deputy administration, administrator, Patricia Cogswell is here to update the committee on tsas prime achieving these goals. Americas air, land, and marine Transportation Systems are designed for accessibility and efficiency. Challenged to deter and respond to terrorist attacks without unduly burdening travel , the economy, and civil
Those who perished, and those First Responders who ran into harms way to help their fellow citizens. The tragedy of 9 11 led to the creation of the Transportation Security Administration. Tsa. Within the new department of Homeland Security. Tsa is charged with protecting our nations Transportation Systems from attacks and ensuring freedom of movement of people in commerce. Acting deputy administration, administrator, Patricia Cogswell is here to update the committee on tsas prime achieving these goals. Americas air, land, and marine Transportation Systems are designed for accessibility and efficiency. Challenged to deter and respond to terrorist attacks without unduly burdening travel , the economy, and civil liberties. Tsas workforce includes transportation security inspectors, federal air marshals and visible intermodal prevention and response teams, among other security professionals. Congress has worked to support this dedicated workforce bypassing the first ever tsa reauthorizatio
Acting deputy administrator. Topics include the reprogramming of tsa funds for immigration detention needs. Facial Recognition Technology. And the implementation of new id requirements used for boarding commercial aircraft. Good morning. And welcome to this hearing on protecting the nations Transportation Systems. This morning we reflect on a somber day in american history. It was exactly 18 years ago that terrorists turned civilian aircraft into weapons, killing nearly 3000 americans and injuring thousands more. Today, we honor the memories of those who perished, and those First Responders who ran into harms way to help their fellow citizens. The tragedy of 9 11 led to the creation of the Transportation Security Administration. Tsa. Within the new department of Homeland Security. Tsa is charged with protecting our nations Transportation Systems from attacks and ensuring freedom of movement of people in commerce. Acting deputy administration, administrator, Patricia Cogswell is here to
Lightning strikes due to the unsettled weather. Photojournalist captured this as he was driving down highway 87 in san jose. With the thunderstorms came the rain. The sky suddenly opening up in gilroy this afternoon. For more on all of this wile weather and if is going to calm down, here is paul heggen. We expected the showers but not the number and intensity of the thundershowers. The funnel cloud likely what we call a cold air funnel and they rarely ever reach down close to touching down but startling if you were seeing that. Now thing are calming down. We have an urban and small stream flood advisory in effect for Alameda County until 7 15. I thought the Weather Service was going to cancel it 45 minutes ago because the rain quieted down in that part of the region. A few pinpoint showers one in santa rosa for the most. Those will calm down now that the sun is down it takes a lot of the energy out of the atmosphere. The loop over the past couple hours, you see the showers diminishing
Basically make their devices more secure. And we do that by looking at a couple Different Things on the device side, systems side and do hardware and Software Engineering to help them to that. Host theres quite a bit of competition in this field today, isnt there . Guest yep, yep. Youve kind of got to carve out a niche for yourself. Specifically, i work with a lot of crypt graphic devices host which is what . Guest these are devices that need to use cryptography typically to embed some sort of secret in the device. And if everyone uses it every day, maybe without realizing it, and this is the equivalent thing but on a device level. Host do you work with the federal government at all . Guest short answer is, no. I was in the navy for ten years, went to the naval academy. A lot of my background and training is with military and navy, but currently i just work in the commercial sector. Host why did you get into this field . Guest is it started, i think, at the naval academy. I did, was on