Healthy democracy looks like this, where americans can see democracy at work. Get informed, straight from the source, on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the Nations Capital to wherever you are. Because the opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. The director of the National Security agency joined other National Security professionals to talk about cybersecurity. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. Is an honor to be on the stage with you, and for me it is a personal treat. Most of my former clients do want to have any further communication, so i appreciate you being an exception to that rule. You became the director of nsa and the commander of cyber, little over five years ago. Before that, you were the head of the Cyber National mission force. You went from being a one star to a four star in six years, which is an impressive sign of how wellregarded you are. Id like to use that five year time period durin
Before that, you are ahead of the Cyber National mission force. You went from being a one star to a four star in six years, which is an impressive sign of how wellregarded you are. Id like to use that five year time period during your tenure at nsa as the framework for our discussion this morning. Looking at some of the extraordinary technological changes that have transpired over that period, as well as a whirlwind of geopolitical events. Lets, if i may, start off by going back to the summer of 2018, you first became the director. I recall we had just months before reauthorized the 702 foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. We were thinking about what the russians had done in the 2016 elections. We were thinking about dealing with the aftermath of the snowden problems. The alleged shadow brokers theft. What was your thought, looking back, what were your first thoughts in the summer of 2018, when you took office . Let me echo your thanks, certainly to dr. Jones and the president for ho
The director of the National Security agency, general paul nakasone, joined other National Security professionals to talk about the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, and cybersecurity, in a discussion at the center for strategic and International Studies in washington, d. C. This is about one hour and 15 minutes. General, it is a real honor to be on the stage with you. For me, it is a personal treat. You became the director of the nsa and the commander of cybercom a little over five years ago. And before that, when i first had the pleasure of missing you when you are the head of cyber, you are the head of army cyber, he went from being a one star to a four star in just six years, an impressive sign of how wellregarded you are. I would like to use that fiveyear time period during your tenure at the nsa as the framework for our discussion this morning by looking at some of the extraordinary technological changes that have transpired over that period as well as a whirlwind of geopoli
Panic and chaos. [background noises] exit selectivity it will come to order. This is a short hearing weve never had this combination of witnesses. A collection of expertise to help us make sense of what the chinese, and his partys doing in cyberspace and i can better defend ourselves. Our hats off we spent a lot of time on this committee debating or thinking about the question of whether xi jinping will make a move militarily against taiwan. And what would be a timeline for such a move . Obviously this is a nun on noble question people continue to debate it. In some meaningful sense i wonder if such an invasion or a preparation which would be incredibly costly if the Ranking Member very eloquently pointed out yesterday has already begun. The intelligence preparation of the battle space has already begun. Put differently for over 20 years they have been attacking us the government, defense Contractors Technology firms in cyberspace that is a fact. For a long time the attacks rubbing a v
Exit selectivity it will come to order. This is a short hearing weve never had this combination of witnesses. A collection of expertise to help us make sense of what the chinese, and his partys doing in cyberspace and i can better defend ourselves. Our hats off we spent a lot of time on this committee debating or thinking about the question of whether xi jinping will make a move militarily against taiwan. And what would be a timeline for such a move . Obviously this is a nun on noble question people continue to debate it. In some meaningful sense i wonder if such an invasion or a preparation which would be incredibly costly if the Ranking Member very eloquently pointed out yesterday has already begun. The intelligence preparation of the battle space has already begun. Put differently for over 20 years they have been attacking us the government, defense Contractors Technology firms in cyberspace that is a fact. For a long time the attacks rubbing a valuable technology that was then used