Representatives from all over the globe to show the importance of the governors in dealing with International Trade and Business Development issues around the globe. We as governors want to do direct relationships with many of these countries and businesses who have come here. I thank them. I first want to think chin thank china for hosting our opening lunch. I think Governor Hogan for his stellar introduction at that lunch in the great state of maryland. I also would like to reference brian and katie from canada who are here with us. Please give them a round of applause. [applause] please give the governors from japan around of applause. Mayors from mexico, a round of applause for the mexican delegation who have joined us here today. [laughter] as we kick off this meeting, i want to take a moment to recognize the support of many of our partners and supporters who we could not have this meeting without your support. They fund our best practices and other areas. They partnered with the private sector through our newly relaunched nga partners program. A big thank you to all of our partners here with us today. [applause] where is our host governor . Okay we will skip that. I will let her, as soon as she gets here, i wil we will hear from our opening governor. I would like to first have an adoption for motion of the rules and procedures for this meeting. Would anyone make the motion . All those in favor say i. The motion is approved. Governors, as you know we adopt policies for two years at our winter meeting. If anyone has questions regarding the policy please see anna davis of the nga staff while you are here. I would like to welcome vice chair governor sandoval who is with us. Please give them a round of applause. [applause] let me start off by saying my main goal when launching my initiative which was Cyber Security was to elevate Cyber Security on every governors agenda. I want to highlight why it was more than just an Information Technology issue and at the health issue, a Public Safety issue and an economic issue. As you know in november, thousands of internet connected devices, including security cameras that were an ocean away were used to launch a cyber attack such as the new york times. The want to cry iran somewhere this year locked out users from all over across the globe and made it impossible for doctors and other professionals to access their devices. Some are still assessing the impact of this incident and potentially more worrisome. They are trying to influence elections here and in europe. These are troubling times. Through our new initiative we will have experts on Cyber Security in all the sectors and federal agencies involved to discuss this critical issue and to identify ways to meet the threat. In virginia we have taken very significant steps over the past three years to address Cyber Security for our commonwealth. We are in a very unique position in virginia. We have the Largest Naval base in the world. We have the pentagon, the Central Intelligence agency and 27 military installations are constantly under assault. We have come a long way in strengthening our systems and our policies. Last year we expanded Cyber Security apprenticeships for the first time in virginias history. We are now allowing businesses to stand up, register apprenticeships for Cyber Security occupations in virgini virginia. If you come work for the state for two years we will pay for your education to get a Cyber Security grade. We worked to strengthen Educational Opportunities and scholarships around the commonwealth. We want to provide Cyber Security training to our veterans pretty in virginia we have 36000 open cyber jobs. We now have 600 cyber companies. Those 36000 jobs, the starting pay is 88000. You do not need a fouryear degree. It is a twoyear degree or less and its imperative for all of us as governors to make sure we are building not workforce the 21st century. Earlier virginia entered their Strategic Partnership with Amazon Web Services to make virginia a National Resource center for Cyber Security. Virginia has an awardwinning program in place. We can build on that strong foundation, but as we all know it requires continued diligence. We might be in great shape today, but tomorrow some new cyber hacker will come up with latest technology to get into our system. Government is a very attractive target for our criminals. As you know we have more data than the federal government. Many of the cyber hackers believe the best opportunity is to come into the states because of the wealth of data we have. It takes a commitment of all the governors to keep our families and businesses safe. These threats do not stop at state lines. This july weve accomplished a lot. Weve held a series of roundtables focusing on the risks facing the health sector, educational institutions and Small Businesses. Weve spent time highlighting the opportunity Cyber Security presents for all of us and a more connected society and vibrant economy. Weve held two regional summits in boston and san jose were many of you sent teams of state officials to discuss pertinent Cyber Security issues and to identify goals and objectives to move our states forward. As ive said from day one, if we do a great job in virginia but other states dont do anything they will reach our state through backdoor provider or some other business doing business with our states. These summits culminated in a National Summit in june where i was proud to say they attended and learned about how cyber trends and Innovative Technology can mitigate those threats. You may recall we gave each one of you a cyber scorecard that no one else saw but yourselves and highlighted the areas where you are exceeding, areas where you could use a little more help in areas where you need your full and immediate attention. This continues to be a useful highlevel tool that you and your team can utilize. Our best Practice Center now has the updated report card for all of you. We are also joined in february by michael rogers, the commander of the u. S. Cyber and the director of the National Security agency for an off the record discussion on how states, the National Guard and the Cyber Command can Work Together. He stressed to all of his governors that we are at the forefront and he cannot do his job as head of the National Security agency. We held a joint meeting. We had a great group of governors. We went and met with the leadership of the house and the senate. We have implored the congress to have a Cyber Security midi, one does not exist today in the congress. It has spread among many of the different committees and there is jurisdictional territories were people do not want to give up some of their jurisdiction. We once again, as governors call upon the congress to put together a National Committee to deal with this issue and put funding in at the state level so we can do our jobs. We put together aching documents and highlighted the recommendations and best practices and workforce development. You can all implement that today. You have those documents in front of you and they are maintained at nga. Org. This is the package that all of you have in front of you. It is all the latest data. What we saw last fall was only the beginning. Richard clark, a National Expert on Cyber Security and an advisor for four president s briefed me the other day and said the actions we saw last year as it relates to russia and other nationstates is only the beginning. It is only going to ramp up. They want to ramp up by coming after that state data. Its incumbent upon us as governors to make sure we are doing our part to keep our state and our nation safe. Most of you have begun implementing these recommendations. We say thank you. Since the launch of my initiative they have signed an executive order or legislation or announced a Cyber Security initiative. This has now resulted in a dozen executive orders, 14 signed bills and 17 initiatives. In idaho, for example they are implementing recommendations made by his Cyber Security body and has recently named the state Cyber Security director. In new mexico, the governor signed legislation clarifying when the National Guard can be used during a cyber event. In oregon, Governor Brown signed an executive order to unify all cyber scaredy efforts into one agency. Lastly our incoming chair recently signed a bill to create a Cyber Defense center to lead all their cyber projects in the state. More can be done. There are now at least 34 pending bills in state legislatures they can all help advocate for and push through so we can land on your desk to sign. Although these are great accomplishments, we must never ever be complacent. Criminals in foreign adversaries will continue to pursue vulnerabilities in our defenses that will harm our citizens, crippled cripple our infrastructure and steel our resources. That is why my initiative will live on through the Resource Center for safe Cyber Security and ive been privileged to cochair with governor schneider. The staff will continue to assist your state and implement best practices and be a lasting resource for you and your staff. Before we go on to our speakers and our discussion, and want to give a special shout out to jeff and tim. If all the folks who worked on Cyber Security would stand up, please give them a great round of applause for the work they have done. [applause] before we get to the speakers, i see our host governor has arrived. She was busy doing interviews outside but i would like to turn it over to you if you would like to give an opening statement. I like to think the governor for hosting this beautiful state, this great nga summer meeting. Im proud to say a record number, 33 governors and 1800 folks have signed up to come to this which is three times more than weve ever had. I know its because of our great governors in the great state of rhode island. I know the time and work you put into this. On behalf of all of governors, thank you. Its great to be in rhode island. [applause] thank you, good morning. For those of you who i havent seen yet, welcome to rhode island. We are very pleased with the turnout. It has broken record. I want to thank you, some of you have travel very far to be here. I also want to thank and acknowledge terry for his leadership on this issue. It is true you will be leaving us as the chair, but i think you should be proud of your legacy. You started on an initiative that many of us have followed. I signed an executive order around cyber for the task force in place and have hired a director of cyber and Homeland Security reporting directly to me. I think we are all doing our part. The hardest part is behavior change. Technology is one thing, resources are another, this is really about getting people to change the way they do, when they log on, if they change passwords, how they do their business. Thats even harder than the technology. I think as we go forward under governor sandovals leadership, anything we can do to focus on that would be helpful. We are thrilled to have you here in rhode island. I want to make a quick plug, at noon we have a governors only session with two important ceos. The ceo of cvs and the ceo of igt, both very substantial companies and sponsors of this event. Thats at noon, governors only and i would love it if all the guys could be there. Thank you governor. Back to the Cyber Security, they had a little more context, the issue that weve been discussing. We are are honored that we have three great speakers with us today. Matt spence is a. [inaudible] he is the chief Technology Officer at 10 00 a. M. And the Vice President and president of raytheon integrated defense systems. These speakers are here to provide a window into the future of the Cyber Security, what it will mean for our state and how we can take advantage of the tremendous opportunities in the sector. I would like to turn it over to matt. The floor is yours. Thank you very much. Governor, thank you for the invitation to speak about Cyber Security. In particular for your initiative in raising this issue to the governors in this area. By way of background, on part of the Venture Capital, we are a Venture Capital firm that invests in new and exciting and emerging technologies. Everything from Artificial Intelligence to drones and Financial Technology and help technology and Companies Like airbnb and left and a huge amount of Cyber Security companies. Companies like tinian work chris is that and other companies we look at the have some of the most exciting technologies which have a huge impact on the work that all of you are doing. I spent time in positions in the obama administration. I was at the white house as the National Security council where i spent hundreds of hours in the white house situation room. I dealt with everything from the planning of the operation against Osama Bin Laden to trade issues to increasingly Cyber Security issues which really were some of the most serious and significant. I was Deputy Assistant secretary of defense and dealt with some of those issues from the defense perspective. I say that by way of framing to take two different perspectives to open up what we think about some of the Cyber Security issues from the situation room to the board room on what Companies Face everyday. Where things are going, i want to say two things that may seem counterintuitive. If the question is where is Cyber Security going the next 5 10 years, part of the question is to look back ten years. Was ten years ago last month that the iphone came out as a product. Something that is fundamentally changed how we about commerce and other types of things. If you actually look back, the conversation about Cyber Security has not changed very much over the past five years. We still talk very much about the upcoming pearl harbor cyber attack, we talk anonymously about the threat, but actually what has happened and what needs to change has not changed very much. The fundamental issue is not actually one of technology but its one of Human Behavior. It is doing some of the basic work of hygiene and good Health Related to Cyber Security and changing behaviors that leave us vulnerable. Thats in particular were governors and Political Leadership come in. The second thing i want to say is there are actually tremendous opportunities we are not necessarily paying attention too. When i was at the Defense Department, i was working on middle east policy. One thing thats very easy to do is talk all about the threats. You hear about them and you basically want to go home and take a nap and not worry about whats going on. What we dont spend time talking about as much is what the opportunities are. I would say, as we think about the threats of Cyber Security, a critical part of the conversation is not to talk about the enormous opportunities here. Artificial intelligence, driverless cars, the enormous amount of connectedness that we have create vulnerabilities we need to be thinking about how to coordinate and stop from hurting us, but at the same time the very innovation that drives those technologies is critical to driving our economy and as we think about what the role of governors and regulation are to do it, its to come up with the right balance and continue to encourage innovation and technology that creates threats and drive our economy to help us address and mitigate some of the Cyber Threats we are dealing with today. Its great to be here with leaders across the country at addressing an issue that so important to us. The work the National Governors association has started over the past five years and has been a accel