so then what's the logic in providing the overall authority to the department of homeland security? anyone who has been through an airport, as i do regularly, as most of us do, have no confidence in the technological capabilities of the department of homeland security. in fact, as an example, nothing has changed as far as airport security is concerned since probably september 12th, 2011. so the major threat comes from overseas. what would be the logic, then in making the lead organization the department of homeland security? >> senator, i think the issue, if i could, i want to break this out into three areas to make sure my responses -- >> make it brief. i have additional questions. >> yes, sir. i see three major things. we want dhs to take the lead on resilience and working with civilian agencies in critical infrastructure. we want d.o.d. to take the lead on defending the nation under cyberattack, fbi under law enforcement, and intelligence. and i think all three of us are need to work together as a joint team to move this forward. if we don't work as a team, then the nation suffers

department of homeland security along with u.s. immigrations and customs enforcement have placed a large and rather interesting order they've ordered four hundred fifty million rounds of ammunition to be made and delivered to them over the next five years at the company alliance texas terms are eighty k. was awarded the contract to manufacture forty caliber ammunition high performance bullets apparently these bullets quote provide optimum penetration for terminal performance that refers to the way the tip of the bullet passes through various and expands all the while staying in place so it doesn't get ruined so this is interesting because this is not the pentagon making the order for the military this is dea agents and ice and to give you a little perspective here there are only three hundred eleven million people living in the entire country so it begs the question why such a massive order well for that and more i was joined by radio host and filmmaker jason burma's jason is also the director of invisible empire a new world order t

well that is the real question and why does the department of homeland security even exist in the first place let us not forget this is a department that was created in the wake of nine eleven really in the spirit of hitler's own deutschland security and over the plate the past decade plus they've been given more and more power and alarmingly the president has made some pretty crazy power grabs and self in the last few months of course the n.d.a. and the subsequent bill where they can declare martial law under any emergency and have a kind of super eminent domain landgrab well if you're going to do this and you're going to have a department like homeland security and force these types of things unfortunately you're going to have to arm them and for them purchasing four hundred fifty million hollow point bullets their intentions seem very clear to me it's not only to intimidate the american people but to use force when necessary if they arise now a lot of people are saying of course there are tons of discussions on this especially going on on line at a lot of it was saying hey you know w

needs four hundred fifty million hollow point bullets for the department of homeland security just to be clear with your viewers consists of the t.s.a. the transportation security administration and immigration services among other divisions so exactly this is not the u.s. military this is the domestic law enforcement agency and the t.s.a. you're basically glorified bag screeners and airport screeners that was that was their original congressional mandate was to screen passengers before they get on an airplane so the question the question really is why do they need four hundred fifty million rounds of ammunition and to be fair some people online who don't want to believe i would say going on have said that this is just going to be used for target practice or also it could be that the government is simply stockpiling ammunition because they don't want to get into a situation where there's an ammo shortage and our law enforcement officers don't have any ammunition and those are both fair points but that kind of ammo that they purchased from eighty k. hollow point in unison as you would

department of homeland security. obviously, sharing with the committee the concern about whether this research represents a real threat to our homeland security and if so, what we should do about it. thanks so much for being here. we welcome your testimony now. >> thank you. good morning, chairman lieberman, ranking member collins. i thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding dual-use life science research of concern. my testimony today will describe both department of homeland security mechanisms for addressing and mitigating dual-use concerns arising from internal life sciences research that dhs funds or performs as well as dhs involvement in u.s. government and other efforts to address security concerns arising from the life sciences research. as the department considers the durc issue, several principles help guide our thinking. first, durc is an extremely complex issue for the scientific research and development community. balancing our nation's need to excel in science and exploration of robust te

rand beers, the undersecretary department of homeland security. a position he's held since june of 2009. in this role, he's tasked to reduce risk and collaborate with governments, the private sector, international bodies to prevent, respond to and mitigate threats from act of terrorism and natural disaster and other events. penny anderson serves as -- office of infrastructure protection. responsible for leading the implementation of dhs regulatory authority for the high risk facilities as well as supporting national level critical infrastructure risk management, prepardness and protection programs. before joining nppd, mrs. a anderson served as a transportation secretary of administration for west michigan from november 2007 to july 2011 and she was the primary point of coordination and oversight transportation security matters in west michigan including implementation of all tsa security compliance programs in that region. mr. david wulf joined the department of homeland security in july of 2011 as the deputy director of the infrastructure securit

this is our oversight department of homeland security and the work that the women and men of the agencies within the department do every day to keep america safe. now, much attention has been focused on incidents prior to president obama's attendance at the summit of americas in colombia. i've spoken a number of times with secret service director sullivan about this. in fact, we met privately for about an hour yesterday, and probably been on the phone half a dozen or a dozen times. i've known the director from the time that he was an agent. i knew him when president bush appointed him as director of the secret service and when president obama re-appointed. i know he shares my view that the alleged conduct was unacceptable. i think he's doing all he can to ensure a timely and thorough investigation, accountability for behavior that failed to meet the standards he expects and certainly the standards that the president of the united states and the american people deserve. he's taken action on 12 agents who have been claiming to have been involved in misconduct. and last week arranged for a b

it is the role of the department of homeland security under the current practice of this administration and under the legislation that senator lieberman and i have authored to try to strengthen the defenses of our critical infrastructure, and in our legislation, and in a collaborative effort with industry which is absolutely critical that it be collaborative, the department with industry would develop risk-based performance standards. is that your understanding? >> that's my understanding, senator. >> and the reason for that is to ensure that the owners of critical infrastructure implement these risk-based performance standards, but i would point out to my would point out to my colleagues this isn't some new bureaucracy as we've heard today. it would be a collaborative effort, and the owners and operators of the critical infrastructure would decide how to meet those standards. it would not be dictated by the department. is that your understanding? >> that's my understanding. senator, if i could, i think that's a key point because i think the concern that i hear, that we all hear is just

department of homeland security along with the u.s. immigrations and customs enforcement office have placed a large and rather interesting order they've ordered four hundred fifty million rounds of ammunition to be made in the liver to them over the next five years now the company alliance tax systems are eighty k. was awarded the contract to manufacture forty caliber ammunition high performance bullets apparently apparently these bullets quote provide optimum penetration for terminal performance this refers to the way the tip of the bullet passes through barriers and expands all the while holding its jacket in the toughest conditions. all right so this is interesting because this is not the pentagon making the order for the military it's d.h.s.s. and ice and give you a little perspective here and there are only about three hundred eleven million people living in the entire country so it begs the question why such a massive order four hundred fifty million points david seaman is a journalist and host of the d.l. show he's in our miami s

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so then what's the logic in providing the overall authority to the department of homeland security? nyone who has been through an airport, as i do regularly, as most of us do, have no confidence in the tech -- technology capabilities of the department of homeland security. in fact, as an example, nothing has changed as far as airport security is concerned since probably september 12th, 2011. what would be the logic in making the lead organization the department of homeland security? >> senator, i think the issue, if i could, i want to break this out in three areas to make sure my responses -- >> make it brief, please. i have additional questions. >> yes, sir. i see three major things. we want dhs to take the lead on working with civilian agencies and critical infrastructure. we want dod to take the lead on defending the nation under cyber attack, fbi under law enforcement and intelligence, and i think all three of us need to work together as a joint team to move this forward. if we don't work as a team, then the nation suffers. inside the united states, that's where i think dhs has t

department or ftc to take a role? >> host: lots of mentions about homeland security. broad sense of resources devoted to this area of cybersecurity in this government. >> guest: this government? >> host: yeah. >> guest: the department of homeland security has a cybersecurity section. it has assistant secretary of cybersecurity and looks at cybersecurity and national communications issues. that is the nppd, national protection, i'm sorry, the national profession and division. that is run by a gentleman named rand bearse. look at efforts against chemical facilities assuring there are fences around and other security measures and also the cyber side of things. so that's one area. that group at the department of hem land security actually works very closely with the private sector as well as as with the department of defense. department of defense and nsa you have as a last questioner asked, there is a section there looking at issues the. with the department of justice you have the cybercrime division that looks at the criminal side of things. various other agencies have d

department of homeland security has been asking for from the european union for quite some time. it has gotten some of this information on a more provisional basis over the last few years. the parliament has voted on making that formal and legal. many mep's here, although they voted in favor, were doing this reluctantly. >> you listed some of the worries and concerns. how have the members of the parliament managed to have any sort of safeguards or assurances on what this could be used for? >> there are some safeguards here. there is some provision for legal redress, if somebody feels that their information has been misused. opponents say the provisions are not strong enough. there are also some concerns about what some mep's have turned as a vague provisions as to who will get access. could it be used in a public health scare or to control immigration? these issues were raised. on the other hand, many mep's said this kind of information has been useful in the past for tracking people who were going to attempt a terrorist attack or would commit a terrorist attack. this is a reason

we will continue our oversight of the department of homeland security. she has testified here before. i think i speak for every member of the committee that she has been responsive if we have called with questions. much attention has been focused on incidents prior to president obama's attendance to colombia. i have spoken a number of times with the secret service director about this. we have met privately for about an hour yesterday. probably been on the phone half a dozen or a dozen times. i have known the director from the past when he was an agent. i knew him when president bush appointed him as director of the secret service and when president obama re-appointed him. i know he shares my view that the conduct was unacceptable. i think he is doing all he can to assure a thorough investigation. accountability for behavior that fail to meet the standards he expects, and certainly the standards of the president of the united states and the american people. he has taken action. last week, i raised my bipartisan briefing with judiciary committee staff with

security. i think how we do it is the question and the differences in the bills. many of us are concerned about an overlay by the department of homeland security, especially over the areas that have developed the expertise through the years and the experience in cyber warfare, security of all kinds, and that would be defense, cia, fbi, and the defense intelligence agencies. as well as the national security agency. and so we're trying to work through what is the best approach for cyber security, and i think my position has been that we don't need a homeland security overlay so much as we need the agencies that have the experience and the expertise to be able to make these decisions on how is the best way to assure our networks and our infrastructure are secure. in a general way, how would you -- i don't want to put you on the spot, because -- i guess it's hard for you to say in this environment with all of the different ideas and the different agencies involved, but is there a particular area that you think is essential for us to agree on as we move forward in trying to determine how we get to the goal of securing out of infrastructure

we're continuing our important oversight of the department of homeland security. she's testified here before and i think i speak for every member of the committee that she's also been responsive if we've called with questions and in between the testimony. this is our oversight of the department of home lapd security. the work that women and men of the agency do within the department every day to keep america safe. now much attention has been focused on this prior to president obama's attendance at the recent summit of the americas in colombia. i have spoken a number of times with secret service director sullivan about this. in fact, we met privately for about an hour yesterday. and probably been on the phone half a dozen or a dozen times. i've known the director from the time he was an agent. i knew him when president bush appointed him as director of the secret service and when president bm reappointed him. i know he shares my view that the alleged conduct was unacceptable. i think he's doing all he can to ensure a timely and thorough investigation, accountability

clarify for the record and for me what the role of the department of homeland security is with regard to dual-use research happening outside of dhs grantees. >> well, senator, we sit as part of the inner agency body that deliberates. and so we have a strong voice. in fact, as i'm sure we'll talk more about later, the 29 march policy actually reflects much of the work that we have been doing previously in fulfilling our biological weapons convention requirements. we made use of the nsabb seven experiments of concern. we've always looked at the select agent program to make sure that we are in accordance with the requirements and reporting requirements. so we do that tiered process in order to make sure that experiments do full and fall -- full compliance with the bwc. what we've done, though, because of the alignment of the 29 march policy and the work that we have done previously, we essentially have a leg up on the implementation of the 29 march policy. >> okay. and just to take this one step further. on the board on which you sit, is this to determine governmentwide policy or also to

the department of homeland security of the government is vulnerable and many government officials current and past are using that reality to try to pass stricter laws to try to overturn some current laws in this country that a lot of you might hold sacred also regarding your privacy in an op ed in the new york times this week richard clarke a cyber security advisor to president george w. bush lays out what he sees as illusions he says under customs authority the department of homeland security could inspect what enters and exits the united states in spite of cyberspace customs already looks online for child pornography crossing our virtual borders and under the intelligence act that president could issue a finding that would authorize agencies to scan internet traffic outside the united states and seize sensitive files stolen from within our borders so we talked about inspecting that essentially in my mind means surveilling earlier i spoke with declan mccullagh a correspondent for c net news and got his reaction to this proposed solution take a look at where we have just a few paragraphs

security advisor to president george w. bush lays out what he sees as some solutions he says under customs authority of the department of homeland security could inspect what enters and exits the united states in cyberspace he says customs already looks for online child pornography crossing into our virtual borders and under the intelligence act but president could issue a finding that would authorize agencies to scan internet traffic outside of the united states and seize it sensitive files stolen from within our borders so i inspecting that means it's essentially surveilling our earlier spoke with declan mccullagh about this he's a correspondent for c.n.n. news and i his reaction to these proposed solutions take a look at where we have just a few paragraphs at the end of a new york times after to describe how this works are the words we use is not a fully fleshed out proposal is a just an idea so i don't know leigh sales before committing to say mrs you know or this might might work or but my reaction of if you're really going to press me is that this is a little worrisome when you know the picture is that what's sort of built

security advisor to president george w. bush lays out what he sees as some solutions he says under customs authority of the department of homeland security quote inspect what enters and exits the united states in cyberspace customs already looks for online child pornography crossing into our virtual borders and under the intelligence act the president could issue a finding that would authorize agencies to scan internet traffic outside the u.s. and seize that sensitive files stolen from within our borders so a by inspecting that is then surely means that surveilling let's talk about this now is declan mccullagh correspondent for c.n.n. news your reaction to this proposed solution by richard clarke. well we have to just a few paragraphs at the end of the new york times are just cry of how this works other words we this is not a fully fleshed out proposal was just an idea so i want to know the details before committing to saying this is you know or this might might work a but my reaction if if you really need to press me is that this is a little worrisome when you know the pitch is let's serbia all traffic to find the bad guys righ

anymore now the department of homeland security wants to monitor anybody who's leaving the united kingdom not just americans. take a look at this travelers are leaving the u.k. and heading to canada especially areas like toronto ottawa montreal nova scotia well they're going to have to hand over their information and according to the independent about seven hundred fifty thousand brits make that trip every year sort of a lot of personal info now those who are traveling to mexico are also going to be sharing personal details especially if they're flying to mexico city or you can commute and if any travelers are pondering a vacation in cuba or the caribbean be prepared to give over your info to you so somebody else out here picking up on a pattern i don't know how about. their ego i don't go back to all of these passengers are not going to the united states in fact nobody is entering american airspace so far the only people reporting on this is the independent surprise surprise that no u.s. based news outlet has share this new procedure maybe because the v.h.s. knows and they're going to ca

for the urban areas security initiative approval authority to retroactively a accept and expend a uasi grant in the amount of $35,546,960 from the united states department of homeland security to the california emergency management agency and amendment ordinance 146-11 to reflect the addition of one brand-funded position in the police department as follows: position in class 1824 principal administrative analyst. >> thank you. good morning the i am with the department of emergency management and i am joined by captain lazar from the san francisco police department. it is a pleasure to be in front of the on the 106th anniversary of the 1906 quake in fire. the item before you is a regional grant that is managed by the bay area uasi. san francisco is the chair and fiscal agent of the bay area uasi organization. that is why this grant is in front of this committee this morning. the uasi grant funds planning, equipment, training, exercises at public safety agencies around the bay area. the money in this grant goes to the alameda county sheriff's department, the fremont fire department, was a police ibarra, san mateo sheriff's to permit, and many other agencies outside o

government the department of homeland security can share secret classified defense internet defense information with the private sector and i don't think a whole lot of people would have been worried but the bill had information going the other direction as well and internet companies loved it for information they could receive and internet users over eight hundred thousand last i checked around two hundred thousand signed the petition were about information that would flow the other direction so there were just information coming from the fed that's the way to fix it i don't think too many people would be freaked out that major companies are supporting this bill corporations like google like facebook and these are companies that some opposed sopa but now they're backing cispa why is that what do they have to gain you know facebook has been out in front google's them and i think now technically neutral jaimie they're doing stuff behind the scenes but there are officially neutral and a bit every technology trade association of any consequence has been enthusiastic about this and and will and thi

is it possible to perform 9/11 behind a computer. >> reporter: san jose state and the department of homeland securityl have a cyber camp here in august. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police are offering a $5,000 reword for information leading to the arrest of a man who kidnapped and kidnapped and sexual assaulted a woman today. she was walking from home, the man pulled up and forced her into his car. the man drove to another area and sexually assaulted her in his car. anyone with information about the salt is urged to call police -- sexual assault is urged to call police. >>> 11 agents have been accused of hiring prostitutes. >> reporter: what is said to have happened is proving to be an embarrassing distraction for the white house. by the time president obama arrived, these were the morning headlines. the chairman said he and other chiefs are embarrassed by reports that 11 secret service members hired prostitutes. 5 military personnel may also be in trouble. >> nobody is talking about what went on other than this incident. >> reporter: california congressman says while the agents' behavior

we are continuing our oversight of the department of homeland security. he is testifying here and has done so before. i speak for everyone -- every member of the committee that she has been responsive as we have called with questions in between the testimony period this is our oversight of the department of homeland security. the women and men of the agency is work everyday to keep america safe. much attention has been focused on the incident prior to coming president obama's attendance and southern america in colombia. i have spoken number of times with secret service director sullivan, we met privately for about an hour yesterday. we have been on the phone half a dozen or a dozen times. i have no the director from the time that he was an agent. i knew that he was appointed under president bush board director of the secret service and under president obama is a reappointment. i know that he shares my view that the alleged conduct was unacceptable. i think he is doing all he can to ensure a timely and thorough investigation, accountability for behavior tha

people who know the internet world, can work in this area. >> reporter: last year, the department of homeland security'sber unit responded to more than 106,000 cyberattacks. janet napolitano says unless we train more cyber experts, our economy could be the biggest casualties. thousands of cyberexperts already work in the federal government, but they need more. >> we need analysts, engineers, people who are experienced in intelligence as it relates to the cyberuniverse. >> george washington university is on a short list of institutions addressing that need. they'll launch a master's program this fall. >> we need to find students who have this expear tease and training. there are not people that are educating as fast as they can. >> reporter: and design systems that hackers can't easily penetrate. a security firm is in response to corporate attacks, but their spornts is mostly reactive. he says stopping attacks before they happen is impossible without more qualified people in place. >> it takes a long time to learn how to be a cybersecurity expert. >> reporter: he believes this 6 to 8 year proving process

. >> the department of homeland security are teaming up for an intensive camp for 100 students. students will range from forensics to network networking. >>> and meanwhile students interrupted secretary of homeland security janet napolitano's visit and they walked out chanting education not deportation. they are upset about the deportation of students and other immigration laws separating families. >>> the record of the megamillions jackpot why they person will not be allowed take a look at this, solar flair captured on tape. . >>> take a look at this, this is unusual video of a solar flair, erupting off the surface of the sun. they categorized this is the a medium-sized flair. >>> final winner of the record of the megamillions jackpot has come forward. now the winner will be revealed and the ticket was purchased in red bud illinois near st. louis. they are required to come forward publically. two other tickets were required to come forward and others were allowed to remain a month house in. >>> -- anonymous. >>> state use had a commanding lead for most of the third period storin

of the senate on c-span2. homeland security secretary janet napolitano is on capitol hill today testifying before the senate and the departmentf homeland security oversight hearing. was expected to address cybersecurity and cyberthreats and lack of experts to assist the federal government. the secret service investigation will come up. live coverage of that hearing starting at 9:30 this morning on c-span2 -- un c-span3. arizona's immigration law is in front of the supreme court this week. the court will decide if arizona has the authority to enforce its own immigration law or whether that is the role of the federal government. c-span will air the oral argument starting friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. we are bringing you live coverage of the testimony of the chair and ceo of news corp. rupert murdoch. he is answering questions into media practices and ethics at his company. taking a short break and will return to live coverage in just a moment here on c-span2. the british phone hacking investigation is looking into the culture of practices and ethics of british media. last year david cameron appointed board justice brian leveson

department or the administration. >> why did senator grassley call for this? >> secret service was under treasury. they moved it under homeland security. >> what is that? >> the department of homeland security. [ laughter ] >> janet napolitano -- it has all the agencies under it. let me tell you about secret service. nobody on the president's detail has been involved in this. these are a lot of guy this are sending in and out to do advanced work. >> exit question is senator grassley that has been on this case on a political witch hunt he is a very powerful man. he's a dedicated man. he served for 30-40 years in congress. do his concerns about white house conduct have merit? >> i think he is talking generally secret service yes. they should look at it because there is a real possibility individuals could be comp fiesed. it may be wide-spread. homeland security is the place to do it. >> you think it's a ha ha story. >> it has that aspect also. >> i said there will be a special council it does involve white house staff. white house staff. the president's staff. the president says -- [ inaudible ] >> i postally agree it's a nonstory. i think senator grassley had a fine suggest

of structure, putting this under homeland security? do you buy the argument of ron kessler that there's been a loss of discipline since the shift to department of homeland security? >> no, and i was there for the transition, it was rather seamless. i'm sure at the management level, there were some hiccups. there's always going to be when you move from one level to the next. i don't think that's going to filter down to a discipline level. they were as regimented a group of human beings, and i am proud to say i was a part of them. >> let's take a look at the spread of this. today the chairman, the joint chiefs of staff, the general martin dempsey talked about the scandal which has increased to include five people in the defense area. let's see what he says about letting the president down. pretty strong words. >> i can speak for myself and my fellow chiefs who are embarrassed by what occurred. what we do know is that we distracted several of our members, distracted the issue from what was a very important regional engagement for our president, so we let the boss down because nobody is talking about what went on in columbia other than this inci

this latest development comes as the department of homeland security prepares for an oversight hearing later on this week. >>> the trial of former presidential candidate john edwards is set to start in north carolina today. his former mistress is expected to take the stand. he is accused of using $1 million in illegal contributions to cover up his fair with her. the two also have a child together. edwards has pleaded not guilty to the charges. >>> the godfather of go-go, chuck brown, is in the hospital today. a message on his facebook opinion says the family is asking for prayers but no other details are being given. brown's show at the howard theater was postponed saturday night because he is sick. the show has been rescheduled on june 29th. >>> coming up next, social media plays a huge role in keeping crucial lines of communication open when they are needed most. what the white house is doing to make sure that continues to happen. >>> also ahead, an agreement in afghanistan. u.s. combat troops are still on track to leave by the end of 2014. u.s. involvement in the nation's affairs wi

right now department of homeland security secretary janice mullet, is speaking at san jose state university. it is part of a town hall discussion to highlight her department's work in the fields of cyber security. she emphasized the government's need to utilize some of the country's brightest students including right here in silicon valley. >> so we have created some competitive scholarships fellowships and internship programs to attract you, the nation's top talent. >> among other recent efforts the department is also expanding education about cyber security in schools. some programs are tailored for students as young as kindergarten. >> on the campaign trail now, a major windfall for president barack obama's reelection campaign. new figures show that he made up $53 million in contributions to compete with the president republican national committee raised more than $30 million in the month of march. mitt romney, the gop presumptive candidate will reveal his totals later this week. a longtime adviser has been chosen to head the mitt romney search for a vice presidential running mate. at me

. >> reporter: last year the department of homeland security's cyber unit responded to more than 106,000acks. janet napolitano says unless we train more cyber experts our economy could be the biggest casualty. she say many already work in the federal government but there's a desperate need for more. >> we need people who are analysts, people who are engineers, people who are experienced in intelligence as it relates to the sue ber univereu cyber universe. >> reporter: george washington is answering that need. the university will launch a master's program in cyber security this fall. >> we get calls tall time from the industry and government wanting to hire students who have this expertise in training. there are not enough people. we're educating them as fast as they can. >> reporter: and design systems this security form responds to corporate breaches but with only 220 people on staff their response is normally reactive. he says stopping attacks before they happen is impossible without more qualified people in place sniet takes a long time to learn,000 be a cyber security expert. >> repo

of a senate hearing today. secretary janet napolitano and the homeland security department is expected to testify at the hearing on the oversight of the department of homeland security. this comes after two agents resigned and a third had his national security clearance revoked. six were forced out last week. president obama says secret service employees do incredible work but says those caught in the scandal were "knuckleheads." >>> the federal government wants you to know that the meat in your freezer is safe from mad cow disease even though a case was just discovered in california. the usda says the infected dairy cow was found at a transfer station before it could ender it the food supply. the agency says this shows that the nation's testing system works. this was the first case of mad cow in the u.s. since 2006. >>> this is it, caps fans. the most important game so far this season is tonight. the caps are in boston this morning getting ready for the decisive winner-take-all game seven. so far it has been one of the tightest series in nhl history with each of the previous six games decided by one goal, and

he heads the department of homeland security's cybersecurity division. >> the infrastructure needed to be protected are the critical infrastructures not just the internet but the finance sector, electric sector, oil and gas. all of the major critical infrastructures are running systems that are commodity and subject to attack. >> reporter: those sectors are increasingly vulnerable because they're not connected to outside systems. people can directly access their bank accounts, for example. clifford newman is the director of the university of southern california's center for computer system security. >> we inter-connect more and more. it means that an adversary that is able to compromise one part of the system, a part that we might not have thought of as being critical, is able to have impact on other parts of the system. >> reporter: even a prank like changing a highway sign reveals vulnerability. computer scientists. >> there are several reports of how people have actually infiltrated these networks and by changing these signs created incidences on these highways. >> reporter: all the