general, united states army cyber command. also ms. tonya ugoretz, a deputy assistant director cyber readiness, outreach and intelligence branch for the fbi. and last, miss jennifer walsmith, sector vice president and general manager cyber and intelligence solutions division, northrop grumman mission systems. over to you, will. >> thank you, ed. hello and good afternoon, everyone. welcome back. before we get rolling i thought it would be appropriate to give billington a round of applause for the great contest and guests we've had so far. so let's get that going. that served multiple purpose, got your body moving again and draw some of the exhibitors back into the hall. welcome to what some would argue as the signature panel of the summit. as grant mentioned, we have the operators in the afternoon so indeed we have the operators here on stage. at least six would argue this is the signature panel. all kidding aside, if you look around the room and exhibit halls, there are public officials, private representatives and this is top

to them about their decision of having the effect on me guess that if you got all together the cyber command would be better than what they were because when i said to me why things about it and where they're going to more than merely want into the open to what i thought i want to mean when i'm talking or so no you probably do it is that latinos i'm no want them to look at them let them know. something we know what i'm going through all of history and i are going to vote present in as an apple is more likely but i'm inside. i think the benefits for every kind of got pushed not fair militarist the problem is that hungry you know that most of the complications are for them but as for the reduced. it will decrease the maternal mortality rate and even with the later rate for the country boys right now it's quite high. leaving. with. distribution we've seen the 20 percent under 15 years of age now that's a very important statistic for sexual reproductive health providers because it's a stand this what the percent is going to become that reproductive age is on and that we have to have contact with

about the addition of having an effect on me guess that if you've got all mrs or together the cyber command would be better the other organs are not said to me why things are and were the only thing worth and maybe went into the open to what i thought i want to mean when talking or so no you probably do it is that latinos i'm no want them to look at them let them know. something we know will contain through all of history and i are going to vote present in as an apple is more likely but i'm inside now. i mean the benefit for every kind of the bush not fair militarist the problem is that country you know that most of the complications are for them let us 1st be reduced. it will decrease the maternal mortality rate and even with a later age for the country boys right now it's quite high. leaving. with. population distribution we've seen that 20 percent under 15 years of age now that's a very good instead of sticks for sexual reproductive health providers because it's a stand this what the percent is going to become that reproductive age is on and that we have to have contact with them before

and cyber command is short. >> so in a country that is always relied on the skills. were turning people away from one of our most highest and important duties. >> that's correct. >> i yield back. >> thank you. let me first of all, include today's hearing first i want to make a couple of comments which is a lot of the policies that we are talking about here has brought a democratic or republican issue. a lot of the policies regarding today received a current administration think back to democratic administrations. i am hoping that my colleagues from the side of the aisle will join us and come up with some good comments in legislation and your witnesses here today, you identified some very solid public policy decisions proposal that we need to move forward in and we can because whose is about america and about keeping your commitment to our veterans and making sure that no soldier is left behind. i am hoping we can move forward and let me thank all of the witnesses here today in our veterans that are here today who can never thank you enough for your service to our cou

>> in cyberspace i talk about this in the look under the administration cyber command i'm sure folks in the room know this better than me they've been able to use offensive measures to today's "washington post" about basically go out and attack the hackers before they come. so they've been given more offense if flexibility than the administration was willing to grant to them you could easily get t through an escalation kind of situation and again credit where credit is due it happens to that response can you have the hold of government response and fe speak to folks in that se they say to me all the time you need the whole of government response. another one yo when you have a contradictory response where yes, this started under the obama administration but there has been a consistency of the claimant of u.s. forces in eastern europe and some small contingents 1200 or so in poland and exercises and that kind of stuff so that's good when you have that at the same time which signal do they read which signal does russia read as more definitive? 12, 15s in poland or the president saying

a few years ago we set up cyber command i commanded u.s. forces command and we now have a command.what you have now people are being promoted in seals and officers for their skill in that very area. what you have to do if you see technology coming forward like this, you have to organize the institution so you start promoting people based on their capability. if you walked in to certain operation rooms you would see the intelligent people that are coordinating the strik strikes m the air force is coordinating army missiles and you would see sitting next to them some of the cyber folks sitting next to them and the supporting arms as we integrated all. some of them are civilians sitting at the headquarters in some of the guys had more earrings than any girl i dated. [laughter] but they were darn good at the job and i love having them there. >> what the greatest national security for the united states. >> in terms of terrorism, it's an ambien threat, it's not going away real soon, it reflects other things and we will have to fight it and try to set the condition of education and econom

commands. nuclear threats are not the only threat that is we face. in both the space and cyber, we face a myriad of threats. i will work hard with the general at space command to ensure he can execute the responsibilities he's been assigned. i will work with cyber command to make sure we look at strategic threats globally and execute strategies to use all of the nation's capability to deter our adversaries and if necessary defend the nation. in addition to strategic deterrences, the command has many other significant responsibilities. missile defense, joint electronic warfare, global strike. i pledge my best efforts to implement the strategy in all areas of responsibility. i'll live up to the expectations of the men and women of u.s. strategic command. i've served there twice. it is truly a special place. i like to think of it as one of the last officers on active duty who interviewed with admiral rick, i think he? general would be quite proud of the legacy that carries on this day in omaha. i'll also live up to the standard sets by the previous commanders. i've served for thre

cyber command and it works on the very issue.what you have now are people being promoted, mco's and officers for their skill in that very area. what you have to do if you see technology coming forward you have to organize the institution so you start promoting people based on ca capability. we have done that for some timeu walk in to certain operations you see the intelligence people and the people needing the strikes coming off aircraft carriers who record needing strikes from the air force and army muscles and you see sitting next to them some of the cyber folks sitting right next to them it's another one of the supporting arms. >> a girl i dated. [laughter] but they were darn good at their job and we loved having them there. this is the greatest national security threat in the united states. >> i break that into two. in turn of the world that we focus a lot on terrorism it's going to be with us at the threat and is not going away really soon it reflects other things we will have to fight and set the conditions of education and

you have someone dual headed as a head of nsa as well as cyber commander. there are some aspects that they're doing for election security that certainly has been good for me to see how engaged they have been and are getting more and more so. but just in general, how we've approached these cyber threats is something that i think folks are struggling with. in my district, when you say cyber security, they're thinking of anti-virus, they're thinking of fraud, things of that nature, but just the level in which these threats are occurring and the speed of which they are is alarming when you really see the bigger picture. the fact that we really can't have a sense of how much is actually happening, there's no sort of radar system or defense system that can have us understand all the -- the multiple of attacks that are happening. this is something that really requires in my opinion a paradigm shift in how we approach national security in the same way that the advent of artillery and aircraft added a third dimension to our wafrfare. it collapses time and space. we

cyber command is coming up on nearly ten years now from the early days.how are we doing in terms of intel support to cyberspace operations? we thought our way through the right policies? are we meeting the requirement from the joint staff from the combatant command? or is it another intel thing that's plugged in this multidomain world? jump ball. >> i will take a stab. having seen it at least from nsa's perspective. i was not assigned to cyber combut i was a partner. i think we are postured better than people think because cyber is intelligence driven. people are in the domain, intelligence analysts are in the domain when they do that collect and when they actually help an operation to occur. so to think that it's broken and that there is not sufficient intel support to cyber, perhaps reflects some people who aren't entirely familiar with what actually happens inside of an ops room. that might seem a bit harsh, but it's true. it is very hard to describe just how much intelligence is going into a cyber operation without being inside the ops room. i am more

the irgc cyber command is now low on cash and the irgc has told shia militia groups they should look for new sources of revenue. our policy is at its core a diplomatic and an economic one. this administration does not seek armed conflict with iran. we are relying on american pressure and american diplomacy -- economic pressure and american diplomacy to raise the costs in iran and force meaningful behavior change. unfortunately, iran has responded to our diplomacy with violence and kinetic force. in recent months iran has launched a series of panicked attacks what secretary pompeo has called panicked aggression to intimidate the world into halting our pressure. iran was responsible for the , the assault on two oil tankers in oman, and the attack on saudi oil facilities. the message to the international community is quite clear and this is important that i think people understand the regime's paradigm. the message to the world is if you do not allow us to conduct our normal level of terror, then we will behave even more badly until you do. iran has long used its nuclear program in this

the cyber command is now low on has totally irgc rock militia groups that they should start looking for new sources of revenue. today, this morning, the imf provides its economic outlook forecasted a gdp contraction of 9.5%. year,icipate that in this iran could be inasmuch as a 12% negative gdp contraction. so, the regime does face a choice, he could act like a country or a good act like a cause. iran must change its behavior and start to act like a normal nation or it will watch its economy continue to decline. core aicy is at its diplomatic and an economic one. this administration does not seek armed conflict with iran. we are relying on american ,ressure and american diplomacy economic pressure in american diplomacy to raise the costs on iran enforce meaningful behavior change. unfortunately, iran has responded to our diplomacy with violence and kinetic force. in recent months, iran has launched a series of panic attacks which secretary pompeo ed and holdingick our pressure. -- to intimidate the world into halting our pressure. on two oil thinkers, and the attack on saudi oil facilit

the irgc's cyber command is now low on cash and the irgc has told iraq shia militia groups they should start looking for new sources of revenue. today this morning the imf revised its economic outlook for iran and forecasted a gdp contraction of 9.5%. we anticipate that in this year, iran could be in as much as a 12% negative gdp contraction. so the regime does face a choice. it can act like a country or it can act like a cause. iran must change its everybobeh and start to act like a nation or it will watch his economy continue to decline. our policy is at its core a diplomatic and economic one. this administration does not seek armed conflict with iran. we're relying on american pressure and american diplomacy -- economic pressure and american diplomacy to raise the costs on iran and force meaningful behavior change. unfortunately, iran has responded tod our diplomacy wit violence and kinetic force. in recent months, iran has launched a series of panicked attacks, what secretary pompeo has called panic aggression to intimidate the world into hauld -- halting our pressure. iran was res

just a quick correction when it comes to intro, jeff brown head of something called cyber command andef security officer for the city government of new york. we have the mission to defend all of those technologies that deliver via technology services to new yorkers each and every day and we also have a mission to bring cybersecurity to new yorkers and through solutions and awareness in ways that helps them navigate away from the threats that they might encounter on the internet. to your question -- to your question about how we think about critical infrastructure and we as a large city government have parts of the portfolio agencies like the department of environmental protection that has ics, o.t., water services and new yorkers rely on and we also think about the criticality of things that are deemed critical services and new yorkers have to rely on with the 911 environment and that's how we think about it. >> hi. i'm karen evans, and i am the assistant secretary for cybersecurity energy security and emergency response, otherwise known as c.e.s.a.r. and it relates to all hazards bot

and cyber command is short. >> so in a country that is always relied on the skills.were turning people away from one of our most highest and important duties. >> that's correct. >> i yield back. >> thank you. let me first of all, include today's hearing first i want to make a couple of comments which is a lot of the policies that we are talking about here has brought a democratic or republican issue. a lot of the policies regarding today received a current administration think back to democratic administrations. i am hoping that my colleagues from the side of the aisle will join us and come up with some good comments in legislation and your witnesses here today, you identified some very solid public policy decisions proposal that we need to move forward in and we can because whose is about america and about keeping your commitment to our veterans and making sure that no soldier is left behind. i am hoping we can move forward and let me thank all of the witnesses here today in our veterans that are here today who can never thank you enough for your service to our coun

they can't get into the military and can't get their citizenship, they can't fill the ranks of cyber command, short skilled right now. >> for a company has relied on our skills of immigrants, we are turning folks away for one of our highest and most important duties. >> that's correct. >> thank you. i yield back. >> thank you very much, ms. scanlan, let me, first of all, conclude today's hearing but first i wanted to make a couple of comments, which is a lot of the policies we're talking about here, it's not a democrat or republican issue. a lot of the policies are fighting today precede the current administration and go back to democratic administrations and i'm hoping my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will join us in coming up with good common sense legislation. you witnesses here today, you identified some very solid public policy decisions, proposals and we need to move forward and hope we can because this is about america. it's about keeping our commitment to our veterans, and making sure that no soldier is left behind. so i'm hoping we can move forward, and let me thank all

how complicated that partnership is, you have a fuel headed as a head of any say as well as cyber calm commander, a lot of these things really blur across, there are some aspects that they were doing for election security that certainly has been good for me to see how engaged they have been and getting more so. but just in general, have approached the cyber threats it's something that i think folks are really struggling with. in my district, when you say cybersecurity, there is thinking of anti virus, they are thinking of fraud or things of that nature, but the level of ways that these are in speed in the way they, are i think it's alarming when you see the bigger picture, and the fact that we can't have a sense of what's actually happening, there is no radar system that can really -- a multitude of attacks that are happening across the board, this is something that just really requires a paradigm shift and how we approach national security the same way that the advent of artillery and aircraft added a third dimension to our warfare, this is something that's adding another dimension that really

shows how complicated that partnership is, you have a fuel headed as a head of nsa as well as cyber calm commander, a lot of these things really blur across, there are some aspects that they were doing for election security that certainly has been good for me to see how engaged they have been and getting more so. but just in general, how we approach the cyber threats it's something that i think folks are really struggling with. in my district, when you say cybersecurity, there is thinking of anti virus, they are thinking of fraud or things of that nature, but the level of ways that these threats are in speed in the way they, are i think it's alarming when you see the bigger picture, and the fact that we can't have a sense of what's actually happening, there is no radar system that can really a multitude of attacks that are happening across the board, this is something that just really requires a paradigm shift and how we approach national security the same way that the advent of artillery and aircraft added a third dimension to our warfare, this is something that's adding another dimension that re

cyber command, publicly testified in both the senate armed services and intelligence committee that two two annal east done by independent researchers at the senate intelligence committee's behest were, in his words, a very, very helpful window into the adversaries' operations ahead of the 2018 midterms. as our adversaries continue to evolve and adopt their techniques, we need to redouble our efforts to understand what to expect in the next election. third, we must reinforce the prohibition on candidates and campaigns assessing office of help from foreign adversaries interfering in our political process to advance their strategic interests. the trump campaign series of foreign context in the 2016 elections and the president's continued statements to solicit and show his willingness to accept foreign assistance from foreign governments make it clear that congress must act to prevent future interference efforts. that is why i'm a cosponsor of s. 1562, the foreign influence reporting and election act, or the fire act, introduced by senator warner. the fire act would require all campaign of

control officer who has commanded squadron and group level. he's got deep cyber information operations, operations background where he was the chief of the joint cyberspace operations center at central command as well as the deputy chief of their information operations center at central command. lastly, he was the branch chief for strategic plans for information operations at u.s. special operations command. if you would, please give a warm welcome to major general dennis crall. (applause) ♪ ♪ >> well, i've been introduced with music and it's my pleasure to have just a few minutes to chat with you this afternoon, and i'd like to split my time here to get done framing a conversation and then being available to take your questions. so i want you to, i'm your afternoon caffeine. you've just had lunch, i've got enough excitement for both of us, for all of us here. what i'd like for you to do is to take the conversation up a notch, and we're going to talk about war-fighting for my quick portion of it. and we're going to think strategically. and the slide that's in fro

cyber policy. he was appointed to the role in 2018. he's a a career aviation commad control officer who has commanded squadrons at group level. he's got deep cyber and operations information operations background where he was the chief of the joint operation or joint cyberspace operations center at central command as well as the deputy chief of the information operation center at central command. lastly, he was the branch chief for strategic plans for information operations at u.s. special operations command. if you would, please give a warm welcome to major general dennis crall. [applause] .. to get done streaming a conversation andbeing available to take your questions . i'm, i'm your afternoon caffeine. we just had lunch, i've got enough excitement for all of us here. what i like for you to do is take the conversation up a notch and we're going to talk about war fighting for my quick portion of it and were going to think strategically and the slide that's in front of you is my staff is embarrassed about my slide. i don't my slide itself so it probably shows. that's as many words as i want to cover in a framing document and

blind and deaf by stealing his eyes and ears to drive his commanders to distraction by creating confusion in their mind. relate that statement to cyber. >> the chinese cyberthreat like the space threat is another of the asymmetric capabilities where they are ahead of the united states. they have done a massive job of developing the ability to get inside of networks and control networks from the military networks for what the logistics would need for troop and equipment to a battlefront to financial networks and most alarmingly the chinese cyberthreat has been detected inside the electrical grid. they call this cyberreconnaissance. they are mapping the networks the united states has three power grants chinese have been detected in all three and the belief is with military that in a crisis of conflict they could turn out the lights. we have 16 critical infrastructures with communications but when it comes down to it the most critical is the electric grid if that goes down we are in deep trouble. >> on a scale of one through ted where are we with ten the most concerning with the future of chinese cyberattack? to make the threat is betwe

blind and deaf by sealing his eyes and ears to drive the commanders to distraction by creating confusion in their min mind. relate that statement to cyber. >> the chinese cyberthreat like the space threat is another of their asymmetric capabilities where they are on par or ahead of the united states. they have done a massive job to develop the ability to get inside of networks and control networks everything from military networks that tell what type of logistics we will need to move troops and equipment to a battlefront to the financial networks and most alarmingly the chinese threat has been detected inside of our electrical grid. again they call this cyberreconnaissance they are mapping the networks the united states has roughly three electric power grids the chinese have been detected in all three and the belief is among the military and the crisis of our conflict they could basically turn out the lights. we have 16 critical infrastructures in addition to the electric grid financial, transportation , when you come down to it the most critical is electric grid if that goes down we are in deep deep trouble. >> . . . . on the transport

the global combat commands, the strategic commanders, or some of the others here, that were well served by that. i think that's the right piece. i think that cyber looking at how integrate space capabilities with what's happening on the ground has got to be a priority for us. and these can't be one of the things. we have to look at how space is integrated into the things that we are actually trying to accomplish, in other areas. so i think the challenge for us as we move forward in space is looking at how we integrate those capabilities into the other tool kit that belongs to our war fighters. >> absolutely. we could go on, we have some great additional questions, but i'm getting the high sign. please join me in thanking joseph votel, a national treasure, for a wonderful top. (applause) (applause) good afternoon and thank you for that warm introduction. it's great to be here and i want to thank our research america for the support for him to talk about issues that we face in the society today. but also for its long term leadership and i recognize the need for research and improved medicine and health and get familiar for a while now and one of t

and drive his commanders to distraction by creating confusion in the minds. some relate that statement to cyber. in chinese cyber). >> j cyber threat like this a threat, is another one of their asymmetric capabilities where they are on par or ahead of the united states. they have done a massive job of developing the ability to get inside networks can control networks in everything from our military networks that held will cut logistics we need everyone to move troops in and things to that battle fronts and most alarmingly, the chinese cyber threat has been detected inside of our electrical grid. again, they call this cyber reconnaissance. in other words they are mapping the networks. the united states has roughly three electric power grids in the chinese have been detected in all three. the police is among military is in a crisis of conflict, they could basically turn off lights. now we have 16 critical infrastructures in addition to her electric red in our financial communications transportation but when it really come down to, is the most critical infrastructure is our electric grid. if that

enemy blind feeling his eyes and ears and drive his commanders to distraction by creating confusion in their minds. so, relate that statement to cyber. and cyber goals? >> the chinese cyber threat like the space that is another one of their asymmetric capabilities where they are on par or ahead of the united states. and, they have done a massive job of developing the ability to get inside of networks and control networks read everything from our military networks that tell what kind of logistics were going to need him were going to move troops to the battlefront to a financial networks and most alarmingly, the chinese cyber threat has been detected inside of our electrical grid. again, they call this cyber recognizance. another was, they are mapping the network. the united states have roughly three electric power grids. the chinese have been detected in all three of the belief among military is that in a crisis or conflict they could basically turn off the lights. now, we have 16 critical infrastructures in addition to our electric grid, our financial communications. but we cope dogs with the most critical infrastructures the electr

if you speak to sub marine commanders and the commanders of the spy planes come if you speak to folks inside of the operation center d providing the cyber attacks by thee thousands every day, intelligence officials speak about this from china and russia inth very clear terms. they are desperate for leadership from the top. you don't hear that discussion from the top or even from the halls of congress and that's what you need to come up and articulate and pursued a strategy for pushing back. final point that i will say the final chapter is a host of solutions if you want to call them that the tactics as part of a broader strategy to push against this for half a dozen smart people with experience, jim clapper, michael hayden -- carter etc. and we kind of crystallized that at the end forwardthere is a way and some of these are inse a way that are already being pursued by all of them come back to the fact you can'tac pursue that asa credible way unless you have an articulated a strategy from the top and that is what goes all the way to the top but they do not have yet to today. that is the shadow war. i look forward to my interrogation. [ap

and drive his commanders to distraction by creating confusion in their minds. sorry like that statement cyber and chinese cyber goals. >> the chinese stripe cyber threat is another one of their asymmetric capabilities where they're on par or ahead of the united states. they have done a massive job of developing the ability to get inside of networks and control networks. everything from our military networks that tell what kind of logistics were going to need a full going to troops and equipment to battlefront. to our financial networks and most of arm the chinese cyber threat has been detected inside of our electrical grid. again, they call this cyber reconnaissance. in other words they are mapping networks. the united states has roughly three elected power grids. chinese have been detected in not three in the belief is among the military is that in a crisis or conflict, they could basically turn out the lights. now we have 16 critical infrastructures in addition to her electric red, financial communications, transportation, we do really come down to it, the most critical infrastructure is ou

include cyber security, artificial intelligence, things that frankly we're going to need the government to play catch-up in technology and innovation. and that's what i bring to the table as commandern chief. >> andrew yang, good to see you. >> good to see you, chris. >> back to you guys in new york, brian. >> we're going to take a break. we have the next candidate lined up to talk us to, and we're all walking gingerly around senator mccaskill, who is from missouri, home of the st. louis cardinals who will not be going to the world series. so sorry. nationals swept. back with more right after this. . oh, wow. you two are going to have such a great trip. thanks to you, we will. this is why voya helps reach today's goals... ...all while helping you to and through retirement. can you help with these? we're more of the plan, invest and protect kind of help... voya. helping you to and through retirement. it's rukmini here from the new york times . hey, you see this? this fall, book two, separate qualifying stays at choicehotels.com... ...and earn a free night. because when your business is rewarding yourself, our business is you. book direct at choicehotels.com it's either the acertific