The u. K. Pearmanent speck tarry spoke earlier today about defense strike thategy and rela with the Strong Alliance with the u. S. From the atlantic counsel, this is just under an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to the atlantic counsel. Im frank miller and a member of the board here at counsel, and the principal of the group. Were all very pleased today to have the opportunity to hear from steven who is the permanent secretary at the minister of defense in london. Steven became the permanent secretary in april of 2016 prior to that he was department of energy and Climate Change and had a distinguished career before that both in government and in the private sector. For those of you that dont know, the permanent secretary is the governments principle advisor on defense and has responsibility for policy, finance and planning as a deputy accounting officer. The principal, the sorry, the permanent secretary sets strategy for defense including Corporate Strategy and Overall Organization ma
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Have big success and watches, and why are they building a mysterious White Building at the site of the event . We will look into all these key questions. How much do other banks and other corporations spend on Cyber Security . That is the question in the forefront after j. P. Morgan chase and at least four other banks were hit by Russian Hackers. Jpmorgan got attacked despite boosting Cyber Security spending to nearly 250 million this year. Man will catch fire for another three days as the sets Self Expression festival brings 70,000 people into nevadas blackrock festival. How did burning man come to be and why does it attract so many tech titans . We will speak to the author of spark, a burning man documentary. Amazon. Videogame site twitch bought videogame site twitch, and now google has revealed project wing. Like amazons auctor copter itocopter google says will take a few years before the system is ready for commercial use, but it is possible. The Drone Delivery Technology is severa
And why is apple building that mysterious White Building at the site of the event . We will look into all these key questions. And burning man will catch fire theanother three days as annual festival brings 70,000 people to nevadas blackrock desert. How big is burning man, and why does it attract so many tech titans . Lead. To our a genetic week inamazon rivalry dramatic week in the amazongoogle rivalry. Amazon bought videogame site twitch, and now google has revealed project wing. Like amazons octocopter dont look for the technology soon. Google says it will take a few years before the system is ready for commercial use, but it is possible. Not to mention the Drone Delivery Technology is several years away from government approval. Cory johnson with me here in the studio. Joining us from san diego, Paul Kedrosky. In new york, an attorney specializing in commercial drone law. Via skype from philadelphia, a university of pennsylvania engineering professor. Thank you so much for joining