Host Jeanette Manfra is the assistant Homeland Security secretary for cybersecurity and communications. Two issues were going to talk about this week on the communicators. Secretary manfra, your boss, kirstjen nielsen, d. H. S. Secretary, recently said we are in a pandemic stage of Cyber Attacks and cyber threats. Could you expand on that . Jeanette absolutely. In terms of helping the American Public understand in terms that they already understand, things like pandemics, et cetera, the idea that these incidents are becoming so prolific, that were so interconnected within our country, with other countries, that infections can spread very quickly. We saw that with wannacry. You see every day, whether youre a federal, state or local agency, or in the private sector, constantly battling criminals trying to take information, nation states trying to advance their interests and so its just this sort of, just this constant everpresent activity that , everybody has to face and the interconnect
Cable or satellite provider. Host Jeanette Manfra is the assistant Homeland Security secretary for cybersecurity and communications, two issues will talk about this week on the communicators. Secretary manfra, airbus kirstjen nielsen, dhs secretary, recently said that were currently in a pandemic stage of Cyber Attacks and cyber threats. Could you expand on that . Guest absolutely. In terms of helping the American Public understand, terms they already understand things like pandemics, et cetera, the idea that these incidents are becoming so prolific, that were so interconnected within our country, with other countries, that infections can spread very quickly. You see every day whether your federal, state or local agency or private sector constantly battling criminals trying to take information, nationstates trying to advance their interests. Its just this sort of constant ever present activity that everybody has to face, and the interconnectedness really is what gets to that pandemic a
Kirstjen nielsen reselling is that we are in a pandemic of the cybertalks and cyberthreats. Can you expand on that . Guest sure, absolutely. In terms of helping the American Public understand in terms that they are the understand things like pandemics, et cetera, the idea that these incidents are becoming so prolific, but we are so interconnected within our country, with another country that infections can spread very quickly. You see every day with your federal, state or local agency or private are constantly battling criminals trying to take information, nation dates trying to advance their interests. And though it is just this cant do ever present not to believe that everybody has to face in the interconnectedness is really wicked about the endemic analogy. The communicators while we are sitting here monday morning, are we being attacked . Guest you know, im very careful with the term attack. I went to practice it back. Attack to me youre crossing a threshold of trying to cause some
From the protrump american first action pac talking about the 2018 midterm elections. The interview was shortly after the and confirmation vote this weekend. Our guest on newsmakers this week is brian walsh. He assumed the leadership of american first action pac, which is a protrump and hence pence super pac. Republican5 years of experience to the role. Let me introduce you to our reporters. Glad to have you here this week. Are taping this on friday morning, minutes after the senates vote on nominee Brett Kavanaugh. 51 in favor of it, moving on to final passage. As we start this, you have been quoted this week using metaphors like poking the sleeping bear and awaking the Sleeping Giant and i wonder with 30 days until the election, will the bear state poked if the nomination goes forward . Mean, listen. This has been a tough two weeks for the whole country. It has been a very emotional time. My comments are a reflection of a pure political observation in terms of how it is having an eff
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