, good morning. Thank you for joining the session and thank you, avril haines for joining us in the discussion today. My pleasure. After we were here for the opening we had a meeting later that day and he was saying, i got to open and it was so much fun. He was talking about the conversation he had, and he said, you are closing it. It is really an exciting, frankly, conference for us. We focus so much on these issues. It is frankly an honor for me to be here. Lets jump into the topic. We recognize the importance of a talented and advice Diverse Workforce and cybersecurity given the challenges we face. In this age there have been some amazing tools and technology developed. But weve frankly seen our adversaries take advantage of those tools. So what sorts of skills is the Intelligence Community looking for for the workforce of today and tomorrow . We are focused on a whole list of different degrees and areas of expertise that we are interested in. But what is most important to us at the
The Atlantic Council. 2024 marks arguably the most important year for democracy in the in our lifetimes there will be elections where 50 of humanity will be voting representing more than 60 of global gdp. And and some 70 countries at a time when we them and Freedom House are tracking the upward tragic story of authoritarianism and the downward trajectory of democracy and democratic rights rights, how we navigate this period and how we navigate this election in the United States has. Generational consequences. In that spirit, i want to commend matt kroenig and dan negrea for significant contribution to the debate over future of americas role in the world, which ultimately will grow of the strength of our democracy and the strength of our and how we define ourselves so read it. If you dont read it, buy. And give copies to your friends. Its a its its ive, i cant say ive read it all. Ive skimmed through it, ive read quite a bit of it already and its a very intelligent, lee argued, argued t
The Atlantic Council. 2024 marks arguably the most important year for democracy in the in our lifetimes there will be elections where 50 of humanity will be voting representing more than 60 of global gdp. And and some 70 countries at a time when we them and Freedom House are tracking the upward tragic story of authoritarianism and the downward trajectory of democracy and democratic rights rights, how we navigate this period and how we navigate this election in the United States has. Generational consequences. In that spirit, i want to commend matt kroenig and dan negrea for significant contribution to the debate over future of americas role in the world, which ultimately will grow of the strength of our democracy and the strength of our and how we define ourselves so read it. If you dont read it, buy. And give copies to your friends. Its a its its ive, i cant say ive read it all. Ive skimmed through it, ive read quite a bit of it already and its a very intelligent, lee argued, argued t
The Atlantic Council. 2024 marks arguably the most important year for democracy in the in our lifetimes there will be elections where 50 of humanity will be voting representing more than 60 of global gdp. And and some 70 countries at a time when we them and Freedom House are tracking the upward tragic story of authoritarianism and the downward trajectory of democracy and democratic rights rights, how we navigate this period and how we navigate this election in the United States has. Generational consequences. In that spirit, i want to commend matt kroenig and dan negrea for significant contribution to the debate over future of americas role in the world, which ultimately will grow of the strength of our democracy and the strength of our and how we define ourselves so read it. If you dont read it, buy. And give copies to your friends. Its a its its ive, i cant say ive read it all. Ive skimmed through it, ive read quite a bit of it already and its a very intelligent, lee argued, argued t
General Paul Nakasone asset cybersecurity is National Security. While the internet has given us Global Connectivity and rapid innovation, it also leads the u. S. Vulnerable. Malicious and often state sponsored cyber actors seek to exploit our new connectedness and achieve targets on our Critical Infrastructure and military. Since general Paul Nakasone assumed command at u. S. Cyber command in 2016 the National Security agency in 2018, he has seen the Threat Landscape expanded to become more complex. Over recent years, it has become clear our electrical grid, our oil and gas pipelines, and even our water supply can be vulnerable. Perhaps even the 2020 for elections. We are eager to hear more from general Paul Nakasone about how the nsa and u. S. Cyber command are evolving to meet these threats. Please, join me in giving a warm, National Press club welcome to general Paul Nakasone. Gen. Nakasone good afternoon. Thank you for the warm welcome to the National Press club. This invitation is