have the pleasure to meet one of them backstage a few moments ago the national cyber directorate harry cokere stage momentarily. i have been lucky to have had the opportunity to a tent and host many forms as have you and work with trade associations over the years and i can tell you this event in this organization really do stand apart. iti is truly comprehensive on tech policy covering the full tech waterfront of policy issues. and truly global. with the tremendous benefit the other 979 member companies these member companies many of whom are with us here today and the room. great to see all of you here, welcome it. our veritable who's who of top tech talent from across the rope so welcome we are glad to have you all here. i want to give a special welcome europe, asia, australia, south america, or anywhere else we're really glad you're here with us today as well. of course this event would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors and member companies. let me give special thanks cognizant ericsson, mastercard, meta, organization nielsen sage, salesforce. for their

i ask you all to please join me national cyber director harry coker. >> good afternoon. i am delighted to be here and thank you, jason for that gracious introduction. he wondered who we were talking about but i will take it. i am excited to join well this afternoon to kick off this event i had a procedure i had my old left knee replaced two weeks ago so i may not build a kick this off in the fashion i would like too. i still cannot get into my dress shoes i hope you will forgive me for wearing air jordans. i heard i need to kick this thing off so i will take the power of any athlete especially the go to get it done. but, and all seriousness i'm honored to stand before you as a nation the second national cyber director. i'm particularly pleased to be here at the summit you all have been great collaborators were grateful to an organization like iti for helping to create opportunities for engagement that drives meaningful change. at the office of the national cyber director we like to say engage early and often i will be here early in my tenure. i've been in the job for a l

i ask you all to please join me national cyber director harry coker. >> good afternoon. thank you, jason for that gracious introduction. he wondered who we were talking about but i will take it. i am excited to join well this afternoon to kick off this event i had a procedure i had my old left knee replaced two weeks ago so i may not build a kick this off in the fashion i would like too. i still cannot get into my dress shoes i hope you will forgive me for wearing air jordans. i heard i need to kick this thing off so i will take the power of any athlete especially the go to get it done. but, and all seriousness i'm honored to stand before you as a nation the second national cyber director. i'm particularly pleased to be here at the summit you all have been great collaborators were grateful to an organization like iti for helping to create opportunities for engagement that drives meaningful change. at the office of the national cyber director we like to say engage early and often i will be here early in my tenure. i've been in the job for a little over seven weeks and i h

but i know this is a top priority for the biden-harris administration and for all of you as leaders of your respective agencies. turning to you director coker know this topic is something important to you you have spoken about it before. can you speak on the administration's broad efforts during crease by sourcing talents from diverse places in the benefit it brings to our ability to combat efforts? ask thank you so much for that question in the important topic. diversity is all about achieving positive mission outcomes. that message cannot be misunderstood about positive mission outcomes. and we do that by having the strongest teams possible. i talked to 500,000 open cyber jobs. whatever we have been doing lately has not been working. what do we need to do to fix that? with the national cyber workforce education strategy that are most relevant to your question at americas at large. we need to do that by number one having people realize the impact of national security talk about national service and think americans want to serve our nation. i need to be clear about cybersecurity is serving our nation. growing up about the only national serv