o.t. network this action was taken in response to the registration of the o.t. network as a foreign agent please return your credentials to the senate sergeant. cross told us correspondent kate i'm open now. how can you tell us what we're going to tell us about this decision i mean how would it affect the work of all the reporters working in the united states. well on capitol hill in the united states there are all kinds of panels as well as congressional hearings by both the house of representatives and the senate and in order to get into those panels and hearings and events in which the workings of the u.s. government takes place in order to get in you have to be accredited well now it looks like artie is going to be denied access to reporting on events on capitol hill now this comes after our two was pressured by the u.s. department of justice to register as a foreign agent now heather nauert the spokesperson for the u.s. state department insisted that having us register would not affect our work in any way this is what she said when the united states tells so

o.t. network as a foreign agent please return your credentials to the senate so much and. that ability is now in question now at the moment we have this letter telling us that we need to turn over our credentials now this comes in the aftermath of r t being pressured and forced to register under the foreign agents residence registration act now this is a law that was passed in one nine hundred thirty eight to combat the influence of nazi germany and efforts and propaganda efforts by the nazi government back in the one nine hundred thirty s. now it follows months and months of pressure that have been placed on our see recently archie's status in the united states with youtube and their ability to do premium ads in the united states was taken away without any real notice twitter has banned advertising by r.t. and there's been a series of hearings on capitol hill directed at r.t. and which are g.'s a name has come up people are calling this atmosphere a witch hunt so this is yet another move another amount of pressure making it harder for reporters like myself to do our job i

o.t. consequences and i think that's something that we need to better understand about our attack surface and our network topographies and our exposeures both within our company, within our broader sector and within the broader infrastructure of all our sectors. i think that sort of highlights we're not just looking at what do we do when the bad day happens but how can we limit the impact of a bad day by solid preparation on the front end. >> thanks. >>> are there other questions? marcus, over here. >> thank you. this question is directed towards kirsten. i really liked your concept around business models and having business case, strong business case for cyber and cybersecurity. you made a comment about having a business case for cyber risk management. i wanted to see what you envision that being? what are the one or two or three things you would sell to a ceo to say, you know, this is the business case for cyber risk management and that's open to the panel as well. >> aren't you working on your doctorate? >> i did write that down. >> it's a great question. it's a great question and i think actually one