Washington d. C. [background noises] lisa welcome to the stage board member Vice President of global Government Relations. Please welcome to the intersect stage iti board member and Vice President global Government Relations at meta. [ applause ] hi, everyone. That was a very good [ applause ] i dont know. Are you all asleep after lunch . Come on. [ applause ] welcome, everyone. Great to have you here. It is my honor to welcome you to the second animal intersect tech and policy summit. My name is, i write global Government Relations for net app. Are very proud as well to serve on the iti board of directors. This is a great crowd we have here today. I dont think everyone is all in from lunch. Everyone is chitchatting a little bit, which is okay. We also have a lot of people online, over 1000 people registered to participate, which is awesome. Very exciting. I think that is a testament to all that is currently happening on tech policy today. Is not really a surprise there is such interest considering the level of speakers we have today. In our world, it is never a dull moment. There is no exception to that right now. Technology continues to evolve, as it always does. But this year has been a landmark year for innovation. With generative a. I. Exploding onto the scene and grabbing everyones attention, much to some of our dismay. Did i hear at lunch, 10 congressional bills each year the next 10 years. Thats a lot. But somehow it seems to me that at this time we are at an important inflection point. Many of the issues we are working on these days may truly determine the course of our future. Therefore, it is fitting that we have taken advantage of the opportunity resented by todays conference to bring together smart minds from all different backgrounds, professions and opinions to tackle these topics head on. Today were going to take stock of some of the major tech policy milestones that transpired over the past year. We will discuss the biden a. I. Executive order, known to many of us as the gift that never stops giving, with the very people setting the vision for a i the u. S. Federal government. We will also get an update on how the chips and science act is impacting main streets across america. Cybersecurity and a. I. , in particular, stand at the forefront of todays digital landscape. Around the world, the current status cybersecurity reflects an over growing need for robust measures to safeguard our digital infrastructure. With Cyber Threats and increasingly sophisticated attacks continuing to proliferate, including for the use of a. I. , the imperative for collaboration between the public and private sectors has never been more apparent. That is why, as someone who is been in the cybersecurity world many years, i will not admit how many in front of this large audience, i am thrilled we will hear today from, not just one, but two of the worlds for most cybersecurity leaders this afternoon. I had the pleasure to meet one of the backstage a few moments ago, the National Cyber director, who will take the stage momentarily. I have been lucky to have had the opportunity to attend and host many tech forums and work with many trade associations over the years, and i can tell you that this event and this organization really do stand apart. Iti is truly comprehensive on tech policy, covering the full tech waterfront of policy issues. And truly global. It has tremendous benefits to netapp and the other member companies. These member companies, many of whom are here today in the room, great to see all of you here, welcome, or a veritable whos who of top talent from across the world. Welcome. We are glad to have everyone together in one place. I also want to give a special welcome to our virtual audience, who is joining us online, to our friends in europe, asia, australia, south america, or anywhere else. Were really glad youre here with us today as well. Of course, this event would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors and iti member companies. Let me give special thanks to accenture, amazon, cisco systems, cognizance, ericsson, mastercard, meta, my own organization, netapp, nielsen, qualcomm, sage, salesforce and siemens for their sponsorship of todays program. I will now ask you to silencing your phones and turn off your rigors, but dont put them away. We will invite you to share the intersect experience with your audiences. Tweet, post, engage on social media however you like as we move through todays programming. You will find us on twitter and at the intersect 2024. Go ahead and post away all day long, please. We will also do some digital polling throughout the program. You will need your phones to participate in those. You will see instructions showing up on the screen as we go. You will be able to scan the qr code or go to the pigeonhole web address and enter your code to join. Your submissions will be anonymous. We appreciate your participation. Lets get the ball rolling. Is my great pleasure to welcome the president and ceo of iti, our fearless leader, who will be introducing the opening keynote speaker. [ applause ] thanks for getting us kicked off. Hi, everybody. So great to see directly, i cant see any of you, but if the light were shining in my face, it would be great to see you. We really appreciate you taking time out to be with us today. It is an exciting day. We have an amazing lineup. We already had some terrific speakers, and we have even more to come. On behalf of the whole team, thank you so much for being here with us today. It is now my great honor to welcome our opening keynote speaker who will start the intersect off for us. National cyber director. He is a graduate of the west naval academy, the Naval Postgraduate School and Georgetown University law center. He has received numerous accolades from across his many years of service to our nation, such as the National Intelligence distinguished Service Medal for exceptional service. Is served as the executive director of the nsa. He also played a strategic role across the intelligence community, including extensive experience at c. I. A. As well, marked by leadership in digital innovation, in science and technology of public affairs. It showcases his commitment to excellence, and i can say our nation is very lucky that he has decided to return to service as a National Cyber director. This is his first speech in washington since being confirmed to the role. I ask you all to please join me in welcoming to the intersect stage the National Cyber director. [ applause ] good afternoon. I am delighted to be here and thank you, jason for that gracious introduction. Good afternoon. I am delighted to be here. Thank you for that gracious introduction. It made me wonder who he was talking about. But i will take it. I am excited to join you all this afternoon to kick off this event. You probably surmised by the cane and shoes that i had a procedure not long ago. I had my left knee replaced two weeks ago. I may not be able to kick this off in the fashion i would like to, i still cant get into my dress shoes. I hope you forgive me for wearing air jordans i heard i needed to kick this thing off, so i will take the power of any athlete, especially the goat, to get it done. In all seriousness, i am honor to stand before you as the nations second National Cyber director. I particularly pleased to be here at the intersect summit. You all have been great collaborators, and we are grateful to an organization like iti for helping to create opportunities for engagement that drive meaningful change. At the office of the National Cyber director, we like to say engage early and often. Im here early in my tenure, and you can expect to see me back on a regular basis. If jason will have me, anyway. I have been on the job for a little over seven weeks. I have to tell you, i was humbled, but also quite excited to be called back to serve. I dont know that any other position couldve brought me out of my second retirement, but this one, due to the potential to make a Lasting Impact for the nation, was an easy decision for me. After 43 years in the navy and the intelligence community, it truly is a privilege to help new and critical office, contribute to the safety and prosperity of the American People. One thing you should know about me, i love to solve hard problems. That was a driving factor in my decision to return to government service. And again, to quote the goat, michael jordan, obstacles dont have to stop you if you run into a wall, dont turn around and give up, figure out how to climb it and go through it or work around it. Hard problems really do energize me. I grew up, there is a cold war in the navy when our nation faced the hard problem of the soviet union. As part of the intelligence community, i was extremely proud to take on what we now refer to as the great power competition. Part of my contribution to those efforts included incorporating the opensource enterprise into the agencys director of Digital Integration and also the mission centers. All of those challenges were hard, but cybersecurity is a different kind of hard problem. It stems from the threat, which is very real and persistent, one example, amongst many, the threat from the peoples republic of china. Last week i had the honor of testifying in front of the House Select Committee focused on the Chinese Communist party with my colleagues from across the federal government. In particular, the f. B. I. Director and my friend and former boss who recently retired , u. S. Cyber command and director of nsa. It was an important moment for us to appear together to articulate the full measure of the threat posed by china, and to demonstrate coherence and collaboration across our federal enterprise. Cyber actors from the peoples republic of china are actively working to gain access into our nations Critical Infrastructure systems with the purpose of disruption, or worse, destruction. In the early stages of armed conflict, they want to disrupt our military ability to mobilize and to impact the systems that allow us to thrive in our increasingly digital world. Their intention is to drive home a point that so many of us have known for years, in cyberspace, the private sector, as well as the American People themselves, are on the front lines. As we all know, the vast majority of the Critical Infrastructure in our nation is owned and operated by the private sector. Folks, protecting and defending america from the growing number of Cyber Threats is a hard problem. Ensuring the short and long term protection, defense and resilience of the systems that underpin our increasingly digital way of life is a hard problem. Ensuring that the internet remains open, free, global, interoperable, reliable, and importantly, secure, anchored in universal values that respect human rights and fundamental freedoms is a hard problem. Harder still is what we do about it. After all, belligerent states have postured their military forces aggressively for millennia. America has had plenty of success responding to hostile actions outside the domain of cyberspace, but as we said last week, the risk we face within the cyberspace today is unacceptable. There are plenty of actions that we have, can and will take to address counter normative behavior. A necessity to partner with so many of you in this room is absolutely essential. How we collectively seize the initiative from her adversaries. How we take the talent your organizations and channel our collective energy towards countering the growing number of malicious actors. How we collectively leverage the amazing technologies you all create, which improve the ways we work, live and play, and ensure they are a source of strength and not vulnerability. And not just the vulnerability to your companies or the federal government, how do we truly help local governments or the schools and hospitals struggling to protect themselves . Or one of the more than 50,000 public Water Systems spread across our great nation . Thankfully, the president has started us out on the right foot. From the very beginning of this administration, President Biden made cybersecurity a priority. He brought in some outstanding people, and some of them will be with you here today. My dear friend, the Deputy National security advisor at the National Security council, who will join you all later this afternoon, has made incredible progress from driving the development of the executive order to pushing for the creation of cyber trust mark. I would be remiss if i did not mention my white house colleague, steve benjamin, formerly of columbia, south carolina, but currently the director of public engagement. You will see him this afternoon. Hears outreach on behalf of the administration is key to strengthening our partnerships and delivering outcomes. At oncd we have been lucky to have had set our organization on the right course. True champions of this office and our mission. I am proud and lucky to build upon the foundation those leaders set for us. Were also standing on the shoulders and the wisdom of congress, who established the office of National Cyber director in 2021 following a recommendation by the cyberspace solarium commission. I was pleased to meet with many of those commissioners last week, and i can tell you that their insight continues to be of great value to me, and frankly, to all of us. Leaders know you cant tackle hard problems without good people. It also takes a good plan and some good oldfashioned grit. My am hopeful that this group has heard quite a bit about the National CyberSecurity Strategy. And the bold shifts it calls for. Number one, shifting the responsibility away from individuals and Small Businesses and onto the larger institutions capable of bearing more responsibility in cyberspace. And number two, realigning incentives to favor longterm investment in cybersecurity. That has been said before, and i agree with it, but allow me to share my take on this important strategy. I see this bull because of the underlying vision and the tenacity. The work the office sets out explicitly, the hard problems we have to solve, and it takes them headon. The strategy says we have to take problems like the fact that the internet was built on insecure foundations, so were finally implementing improvements to the border gateway protocol. The strategy says that we need to hold Software Manufacturers accountable when they rush insecure code to market. We are working with the Academic Community and legal experts to explore different liability regimes. We will soon be engaging with you to hear the private sector perspective. The strategy says that smart regulations minimize the compliance burden on companies. So we are working with partners across the interagency to harmonize requirements and using the feedback many of you have already provided us in response to our request for information. The strategy says that we need to develop a diverse and robust National Cyber workforce to meet the challenge of this decisive decade. So we are working aggressively to build and foster ecosystems and communities across the nation to fill the more than 500,000 cyber Jobs Available today. To that end, i have already been to a job fair and career event at the Community College of baltimore county, and i am thrilled to have heard from an incredible array of students, faculty and employers. It was great. It was great to see, and we made progress. We have some employers that had not visited that institution before and came away impressed. We will follow up on that and do similar events across the country exposing people to opportunities. But every one of the problems i mentioned are hard in their own right. Each of the ones i mentioned have been studied for decades. Each remains pernicious, but unresolved. What makes the National CyberSecurity Strategy bold is its clarity that the hard problems, issues once deemed too complicated, are precisely what we need to tackle in order to seize the initiative from the adversaries that would do our nation heart. My predecessors at oncd made a clear commitment to transparency and accountability by publishing the National Cyber security implementation plan. As a former program manager, i found it impressive as ive come to watch the team put the shoulder to the wheel every day with our counterparts across the agency. Trust is built on openness, and we commit to you that when we do report on our progress you will hear about, not just where we succeeded but where we came up short with the intent of getting better. In the coming months, you will see the report on the efforts today and the next phase of the strategies and implementation. One additional thing about the strategies and implementation plan, policy solutions are not selfexecuting. It is true that developing solutions to the hard problems in cyberspace is a fundamental responsibility of our office, but so is carrying them to fruition. Thankfully, i am not alone. There are 80 incredible patriots i get to work with every day, experts who hail from industry, civil society, federal agencies and capitol hill. Their work includes putting the good ideas, the powerful solutions, the thoughtful strategy into practice to improve the digital foundations of this nation, and to make our nation safer. I am excited about the work that oncd is leading on the open Research Problem of software measurability that makes it difficult to understand the quality of code we use. That work has a