i testify as a senior manager in the diversity inclusion team at booz allen hamilton, where i am responsible for all aspects of our organizational efforts to build and maintain a diverse and inclusive culture for all employees at the firm. that includes making booz allen an employer of choice for veterans. booz allen is based in mclane, virginia, and we have over 80 offices throughout the united states. for nearly a century, our work has helped u.s. agencies, defense components, and other business and institutional clients better execute the most challenging government missions around the world. "forbes" magazine recently reported that booz allen ranked as the top employer for veterans, siting the approximately one-third of our employees who have self-identified as having military backgrounds. we have also been recognized by the national guard and the reserve as well as by the disabled american veterans organization for outstanding practices that support veterans. and we are honored to have been named in the top 10 of the gi jobs list of top 100 military-friendly employers for six years runn

pamela hardy is a senior manager in the diversity inclusion team at booz allen hamilton. ms. hardy has a masters in human resources management and has worked in various recruiting positions and specializes in recruiting strategies and techniques. sally sullivan is executive vice president of mantech international corporation, and leads mantech's public affairs, communications, and business development functions. prior to joining mantech, ms. sullivan served as vice president for defense base and secured infrastructure at bechtel national and sector vice president for business development at northrop grumman. you've hung out in the defense sector, haven't you. it is the custom of this subcommittee to swear in all witnesses that appear before us. so if you don't mind, i would like to ask you to stand. do you swear that the testimony that you will give before this subcommittee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. >> thank you. and let the record reflect that the witnesses have all answered in the affirmative. we'll be using a ti

well there are there are a raft of security firms or companies like booz allen hamilton which is just once private security firm that is recently asked to hire three thousand and seven security experts today so the cyber security industry with companies like that are making a great deal of money a lot of the tradition i mean you know a corporate a lot this is not just hacking into government governments it's corporate espionage and corporate espionage has been around issues taken on more sophisticated means for a lot of the companies that were involved in corporate espionage a lot of these are somewhat murky titles and it's very it's very difficult to trace who exactly they are have now upgraded their services. to get engaged in this kind of this kind of cyber terrorism these types of cyber attacks against one another so many cases it's it's companies attacking companies in some cases you have individuals attacking attacking governments you have governments with the flame virus trying to attack other governments you know it's it's all over the place but there is a role in all of this

pamela harding is a senior diversity manager at booz allen hamilton. she has worked in various recruiting and consulting positions. she specializes in diversity recruiting strategies. sally sullivan is an executive vice president -- she leads in the business development functions. prior to that, she served as vice president for secured infrastructure at northrop grumman. it is the custom of this subcommittee to swear in all witnesses that appeared before us. if you do not mind, i would like to ask you to stand. do you swear that the testimony that you will give before this subcommittee will be the whole -- the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? thank you, and let the record reflect that all witnesses have answered in the affirmative. will be using its timing system today. do not worry that we will -- be hitting a buzzer or agong. if he would begin, we would at -- we appreciate you being here. >> thank you, madam chairman. i want to thank the staff here. vetjobs has a unique vantage point. we have dealt with the veterans

i testify as a senior manager in the diversity inclusion team at booz allen hamilton, where i am responsible for all aspects of organizational efforts to build and maintain a diverse and inclusive culture for all employees at the firm. that includes making booz allen an employer of choice for veterans. we are based in virginia and have more than 80 offices throughout the united states. our work has helped u.s. government agencies, defense components, and other clients better execute the most challenging government visions -- mission as around the world. forbes magazine recently ranked us as the top employer for veterans, citing the approximately 1/3 of our employees to have self- identified as having a military background. we have been recognized by the national guard, the reserve, and the disabled veterans organization for outstanding practices. we're honored to have been named in the top-10 of the gi jobs list of military friendly employers. our commitment to veterans and wounded warriors is part of our corporate culture. it is coordinated by our senior leadership and extends throughout th

into public web sites have occurred at department of defense, international monetary fund, booz allen hamilton. in 2011 the u.s. chamber of commerce their computer networks were compromised and confidential communications and industry positions were accessed. financial services are a big target of course because the old saying willie sutton noted where the money is, financial services businesses have been leaders in an effort to armor their data networks and identify and deal with any actual breaches as quickly and as transparently as possible. so the cows cost of to business consumers is difficult to quantify. we must ensure we have the proper safeguards in place to thwart or minimize future attacks while at the same time proteching privacy of citizens. consumer confidence plays a significant role in any transaction made by individual or small business. unfortunately, just as there have been many numerous instances of identity theft out there where individuals have credit cards stolen or accounts looted there have has been significant rise in corporate account takeovers as well. so cyberthrea

pamela hardy is a senior manager in the diversity inclusion team at booz allen hamilton, where she is responsible for all diversity hiring efforts. ms. hardy as a masters in human resources management and has worked in various recruiting and consulting positions and specializes in diversity recruiting strategies and techniques. sally sullivan is an executive vice president of man tech international corporation and leads man tech's public affairs, communications, and business development functions. prior to joining man tech, ms. sullivan served as vice president for defense and at northrop grumman. it is the custom of this subcommittee to swear in all witnesses that appear before us. so if you don't mind, i would like to ask you to stand. do you swear the testify you give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? thank you. and let the record reflect the witnesses have all answered in the affirmative. we'll be using a timing system today. don't worry we're going to hit a buzzer or gong. we would ask that your oral testimony try to be around five mi