. >> thank you, chairman bono mack for your diligence. i've been in my office with 28 constituents, one of whom was a world war ii veteran and several vietnam veterans, and they wanted to take pictures, and you know that drill, and so i had to accumulate them as best as i could. but we're here, and thank you very much for convening this hearing today. i certainly thank the two witnesses for your presence. mad a. chairman, thank you for holding this hearing on data security and the recent breaches that we have seen at sony and epsilon. last month, well over 100 million consumer records had been compromised as a result of those breaches, including full names, email, and mailing drearks the passwords, and maybe even credit card numbers. those two major breaches illustrate no company is safe and we must always operate at a heightened level of security and vigilance. no company wants its data compromised, and sony and epsilon are certainly no exception. sony was victim to hackers who stole nearly 100 million consumer records, and it took engin