just to ask whether fighter capabilities -- ciber, is not digitalted, but through challenges, -- digital channels, how does that impact the organizational construct? >> so, has some service like -- socom hasies some service like responsibilities and we are reviewing certainly the senior noncommissioned corps and did aware of how we best manage these regional experts we are developing on a daily basis. and placeretain them them in a position where this regional expertise and knowledge they have developed over their careers as a special operator can contribute to the advice and we forward up to our national command authority. we do not see radical change in how we are managing our special operations officers and ncos, , and this task force will help inform that, how do we modify that management of personnel? he goes we are not of service, we look to the services to help and assist us in that. >> good question. debate lastively night over dinner, but i want to emphasize at the marine corps, the marine is our most important asset, whether he is enlisted or an officer. we will make sure we ar

last year, the threat assessment hearing led to a discussion about ciber. yber. the news routinely reports cyber fraud and cyber crimes. security ofy, the .arget and neiman marcus the threat is domestic but also international. there are threats to our sovereign nation. the private sector in alabama have really come together to try and respond to this. auburn university leads a consortium. get work in concert to ongoing outreach as well as guidance with respect to ciber. this online. the houses gaveling in. we expect a debate on th early . live to the house floor here on c-span. compassionate and merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. bless the members of this people's house. give them strength, fortitude and patience. fill their hearts with charity, their minds with understanding, their wills with courage to do the right thing for all of

question, i think you testified that ciber is your single biggest concern.does that equation change if iran gets a nuclear weapon? does that rank as your most serious concern? does that change if iran gets a >> i would have to rethink that. >> thank you. >> let's have a second round for starters. if we need more than that we will have a third round. first on iran. what is the intelligence community's assessment of the nature and extent of iranian -- innce in iraq yet go iraq? >> there ise is -- some influence. there is some standoffishness. it is in iran's best and first -- best interest to have a cooperative shiite led government. growing? >> i think it is kind of level to what it has been for a couple of years. >> there has been a number of articles written about business people in various countries knocking on the door in iran. the administration made it pretty clear we are going to enforce our current sanctions. providing -- they are knocking on the door but the door is locked tight. the fact that there is a lot of interest in outside business communitie

the operations chief of the ciber, was there as well as about 12. we work issues through cyber attacks within the homeland that have an impact, whether on the grid, transportation systems, banking system. we work at all the way through the national and international chain. what we walked away with after four hours as there is a lot of work to do. he also walked away with the idea that governors have an awful lot of capability in their state through private companies. how do we protect the proprietary piece of that? had we get inside and try to provide assistance when the military may have a capacity that can help in the worst-case scenario. alexander was very interested in the authorities of the national guard can bring. whether it is under state control or under the governor. whether it is under state control but federally funded. and then the third is under a title x response. we are looking at that. we are ready employees. in the air guard today we have about 12 units. we will get a few more in the future. defense in support of ciber, and in supp

secret service's criminal investigation division, cyber operations, and he oversees the service's ciber portfolio. he has over 20 years of government experience here at he has done transnational fraud negotiations. welcome. rnment experience here e has done transnational fraud negotiations. welcome. ms. jessica rich is the director of the bureau of consumer protection at the ftc pg has held a number of senior positions, including associate director in charge of the division of financial practices and assistant director of the division of privacy. she joined the ftc staff more than 20 years ago. welcome. this is a subject that has garnered a lot of public attention recently, and i think a longerdy who spent career in technology than i have in government, this is an area that i think is going to -- we're going to see an exponential rise in consumer interest, ands others as we try to get our arms around a challenge that is only going to grow in terms of our -- all of our lives. we have heard of massive data weeks atin recent target, neiman marcus, michael's, and other retailers. at target

they work in concert to get ongoing outreach as well as guidance with respect to ciber. you can watch this online. >> my question is how a juicy see cyber ranking as an overall threat today? >> i think there is a reason director clapper talked about it first. it is the place where all of our lives are. our secrets, our control systems, our social lives, it is the weight bad people and bad groups come out us. the notion of borders is an anachronism in your talking about a photon. >> how is the government interacting with other private sector and education to come up with some solutions? likewise, do you think the failure of congress to come together and pass a bill with respect to ciber has -- how that has affected our preparedness. >> we have got much better working to deal with the threat. we have gotten better working with the private sector, including education institutions. todo need some guidance as the rules of the road. we need to be able to share information with them and we need guidance for them. has our ability to pass legislation affected? , it has made it ha