botnets are easy. you can explain what a botnet is.i haven't yet met a person who can explain to me why artificial, what artificial intelligence is, what it is not, and why it's important. so we can talk about it, but like you're just starting this conference today, and it really concerns me that everybody is fireday up about a technology tt is now four years old in terms of wreaking havoc around in it in ways that seems to be surprising people. >> so the government has been thrown down for the next speaker. you better have some good talking points about botnets. >> it expands when nectar jelly became this crazy juggernaut. it explainsli what everybody is fixated on the future of jobs with regards to ai when that's not the rightga conversation toe having. it explains why ig seems to be now may be part of our national infrastructure. nobody knows. >> we are definitely touching or that. so let's talk about, i look at this conference, this agenda now compared to to you to go. two years ago people talked about the tech and social media as

botnets are easy. you can explain what a botnet is. i haven't yet met a person who can explain to me why artificial, what artificial intelligence is, what it is not and why it's important. and so we can talk about it, but like you're just starting this conference tonight and it really concerns that everybody is fired up about technology that is now four years old in terms of wreaking havoc around in a in ways that seems to be surprising people. >> so the couple has been thrown down for the next speaker. you but had some good talking points. >> but it explained why net neutrality became this crazy juggernaut. explain what everybody is fixated on the future of jobs with regards to ai when that's not the right conversation to be having. it explains why 5g seems to be now maybe part of our national infrastructure. nobody knows. >> so let's talk about, i look at this conference, this agenda to you to go. two utica people talked about social media as it's the new public square. people like might interest in mind one another. now the discussi

botnet attacks are global problem. really any solution will require the entire ecosystem acting in concert. we're not starting fromm scratc. there are tools available today that could mitigate these threats but they are not widely used. changing this require more education and awareness as well as ann alignment of market incentives that will find thenc sweet spot between security and convenience. behind the scenes was a lot of collaboration between various government agencies as this report was beingng drafted. input from the private sector we know there's a common understanding about what we need to do and where we need to go to make this positive future reality. if you haven't already, i encourage you to read the report and please provide feedback.rt you can find request for comments on the website. there will be a workshop hosted by the department of commerce next month and columns comes wl incorporate all the comments received into the report for delivering it to the president in may. as a side note i just like to

. >> well, after the big -- was it the mari botnet, they came in through the dvds, people woke up to the idea that you could be hacked. but now it's complicated for a consumer, i think it's like reset your router's password and this whole trail of how to -- how realistic is that? i mean, most households are not going to sign up for dark trace or maybe you have a consumer product coming along. it seems a little like the horse has already left the barn on this and what's the best advice for everybody's, you know, all these households out there sitting on these devices. >> well, samsung did actually invest in dark trace about a year ago. part of the reason for that was they knew this was going to be the future where consumer devices and smart devices were going to go. and so it is possible that at some point this type of approach that we use could help protect even consumer devices, but we're seeing -- we saw this in 2018, where it impacts not only the consumer, businesses, and even impacts industrial control systems. users also internet connected devices in alternative energy, medical

with the intel community to also include otherwise classified information with respect to malware, botnetsher types of infections, we want to give that to the private sector so they can proactively defend themselves before they are, in fact, attacked. >> do you believe current law imposes any unnecessary constraints on the private sector's ability to deploy active defense? >> i would say that i would be happy to work with your staff. it is rather complicated as you know. there are some limitations with respect to liability, other questions with respect to insurance. and we do need to continue to work with the private sector to understand if there is any barriers that would prevent them from taking measures to protect themselves and the american people. >> okay. turning to the department's counterterrorism efforts, a march 2017 report by the inspectors general, dhs, the intelligence community and doj identifies a series of concerns that the report authors concluded, quote, have made the dhs intelligence enterprise less effective, and valuable to the intelligence community than it could be.

with the intel community to also include otherwise classified information with respect to malware, botnets and other instexfections. we want the private sector to actively defend themselves before they are attacked. >> do you believe that current law imposes any unnecessary constraints on the private sector's ability to deploy active defense? >> i would say that i'd be happy to work with your staff. it's rather complicated, as you know. there's some limitations with respect to liability. there's other questions with respect to insurance. we do need to continue to work with the private sector to understand if there are any barriers that would prevent them from taking measures to pr teot themselves and the american people. >> turning to the department's counterterrorism efforts, a march 2017 report by the inspectors general of dhs, the intelligence community and doj, identified a series of concerns that the report authors concluded, quote, have made the dhs intelligence enterprise less effective and valuable to the intelligence community than it could be in. quote. can you provide an update