Country continues this fight against the covid19 pandemic. As the chairwoman of the Border Security facilitation operations subcommittee and a member representative of the port of los angeles, the largest container port in the nation, i understand how important it is that resources that ports have the resources they need in order to support timely travel. Im encouraged that secretaries have traveled to the port of los angeles to see the challenges firsthand. The nations investment in seaports is critical to ensuring that goods coming through the ports make it to their final destinations without delay. Support of los angeles and keep ports across the nation have continued throughout the covid19 pandemic. Despite the gains, as people have shifted spending habits toward more consumer goods, delays have searched, which makes the issue of packing and protecting staff at our seaports from the virus even more important. Our seaports have long been understaffed by u. S. Customs and order prote
Resources they need in order to support the timely processing of trade and travel. Im encouraged that secretaries have traveled to the port of los angeles to see the challenges firsthand. The administrations attention and investment in seaports including the port of los angeles is critical to ensuring that goods coming through the ports make it to their final destinations without delay. The port of los angeles like seaports across the nation as continued operations throughout the covid19 pandemic. Despite the dangers posed by the virus as people have shifted , spending habits toward more consumer goods, cargo levels have surged. This makes the issue of protecting staff at our seaports from the virus even more important. Our seaports have long been understaffed by u. S. Customs and order protections office of Field Operation, the leading Agency Responsible for facilitating trade and travel at ports of entry. This includes seaports, land ports, and airports. While the decline in air trav
Around the world and in particularly, to our australian audience in the wee hours of the morning. I am fred kemp, president and ceo of the Atlantic Council. On behalf of our cyber state, within this strategy and security, thank you for joining us. Todays conversation comes at a perilous moment, the likes of which we have not seen since the end of the second world war. Russias invasion of ukraine, and the horrific kremlinbacked attacks on civilian targets across the country remind us of the fertility of the International System we have had for so many years, taken for granted. Now, part of that system which is often overlooked is the Maritime Transportation system, or mts, which plays an outsized and usually quiet roll across the region. Quiet until of course, they step into the picture. In 2017, the cyberattack debilitated a Global Shipping giant, inflicting on it many dollars of losses in just a few days, and billions of dollars globally. The covid19 pandemic has disrupted supply chai
Our cyber state, within this strategy and security, thank you for joining us. Todays conversation comes at a perilous moment, the likes of which we have not seen since the end of the second world war. Russias invasion of ukraine, and the horrific kremlinbacked attacks on civilian targets across the country remind us of the fertility of the International System we have had for so many years, taken for granted. Now, part of that system which is often overlooked is the Maritime Transportation system, or mts, which plays an outsized and usually quiet roll across the region. Quiet until of course, they step into the picture. In 2017, the cyberattack debilitated a Global Shipping giant, inflicting on it millions of dollars of losses in just a few days, and billions of dollars globally. The covid19 pandemic has disrupted supply chains, and revealed our dependence on the vast, interconnected system of international shipping. The mts forms informs the backbone of the worlds industrial economy.
President was inaugurated in may 2022, the country fell victim to a cyber attack. Next we will hear from president Rodrigo Chavez robles, and white house and state Department Officials for a discussion on Cyber Security at the center for strategic and International Studies in washington dc. Delighted to have you here. I was terrified when i heard we were going to be hosting a president of a country the last week of august. I thought who the hell is going to be here . Nobody comes the last week of august. Im so glad to see all of you here. It is an Important Congress it host president chaves as he is wellknown in washington. He has been here so many years, but we welcome you back now as president. One of his inaugural gifts was a cyberattack. It clobbered costa rica and became a catastrophe in the making. This became an opportunity. Crises frequently become opportunities, and it became an opportunity for us to work more closely with a crucial ally. This is a crucial partner country. Whe