husk of this and "the communicators" we are pleased to have with us ari schwartz the former direct or for cybersecurity and the national security council. mr. schwartz well-wisher job at the white house? >> guest: my job was to cover a range of different areas. the federal government agencies and making sure they were prepared in cybersecurity protecting privacy while doing cybersecurity and promoting information sharing. >> host: how has the focus changed over the last couple of years when it comes to cybersecurity and protecting against a cyberattack? >> guest: well especially after a lot of the incidents we have seen for example the sony incident and the incidents in the federal government there has been a lot of focus on making sure we have areas protected and parts of the economy protected that aren't necessarily in that critical infrastructure, aren't necessarily a major federal agency. a lot more broad coverage across a wide range of different entities. everyone is at risk of cyber attacks and how do you go about making sure you have the resources that the institutions need tha

. >> host: ari schwartz, what's the purpose of a cyber attack? >> guest: so there's a range of different reasons for cyber attacks. we usually in national security council reserve the word "attack" for something that is really damaging, something where hinges are breaking, where computer systems go down, where computers are broken and cannot be used again. so you'll hear me refer more to incidents in this case. because when information is taken, it obviously causes a lot of harm, but we're not talking necessarily an attack. it could be a crime, it could be espionage. we want to make sure we keep the language of when we're talking about things like when the electric grid goes down or computers break and systems go down and we can't use them. to be able to separate out that language. you have these different purposes, depending, you know, espionage or industrial espionage in some cases or could just be crime, right? or it could be many some cases people just want to make a point, and they use the means, the internet as a means to make their point,

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. >> here on c-span, the communicators is next with cyber security expert ari schwartz. that is followed by our series landmark cases facing -- featuring miranda versus arizona which strengthen the rights of those being accused of a crime. later, a discussion on how american muslims are portrayed in popular culture and the news media. >> c-span, treated by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> this week on the communicators, we are pleased to this week on the communicators we have re: schwartz. schwartz: my job was to cover a range of different areas. cyber security in particular. protecting critical infrastructure of the country. the federal government agencies. making sure that they were prepared. protecting privacy of american .itizens while doing that promoting information sharing. how has the focus changed over the best two years when it comes to cyber security and protecting against attacks. schwartz: the sony incident and the incident against opm in the government. focus on makin