in a paper, our guest speaker will be the acting -- leo skammen. i want to thank our underwriters and remind you to engage with us on social media. you can use #icit. to get it started with tonight's briefing to the energy sector is considered to be the most critical infrastructure we have. our energy grid is riddled with vulnerabilities which have yet to be exploited in the large-scale. tonight will be discussing the current security posture of the energy sector, what vulnerabilities exist, and which bad actors are targeting the sector. the first session for the evening is from pete and joyce who will be giving a public sector perspective. pete is from the department of energy and is a member of the icit gala board. joyce hunter is a deputy cio from the department of agriculture. please join me in welcoming our irst speakers. thanks. pete: i appreciate the opportunity to be here. yeah, two villanova grads. you now know what the v stands for. good year for us. i am only 9.5 months removed from the federal government and what is most exciting after