Of the provisions that block president obamas executive order on immigration. The senate is expected to move the measure forward this week after three failed attempts over the last month. The National GovernorsAssociation Winter meeting expected to continue momentarily. Hearing from secretary jeh johnson. He will be discussing Cyber Security efforts at the state and federal level. Secretary johnson is there after appearing on the sunday morning talk shows. Funding for his department set to run out this week. Secretary johnson this morning called the debate over funding absurd, and he said he hoped to some in congress will quote, exercise some leadership it comes to finding a solution. He also said 30,000 workers would be for load if the fund is not approved. We could hear something about that today from secretary johnson. If everybody can please take your seats, we can get started. Thank you and good morning to everybody. I want to thank the governors. I think we all understand the importance of Cyber Security not only to protect our respective networks, but also the huge job creating ability and Cyber Security will create for all of us. Especially in our region, right, Governor Hogan . I want to thank you all. Im terry mcauliffe, governor of the commonwealth of virginia and vice chair of the nga Homeland Security and Public Safety committee. I would like to call the meeting to order and welcome the governors. Thank you for joining us for todays session. Im honored to serve in this Committee Leadership this year with our committee chair. Governor rick snyder of michigan unfortunately, Governor Snyder could not join us in person today. You be with us in video in a few minutes. Over the holidays, Governor Snyder decided that at his age he thought it would be a good idea to start exercising. His first half an hour created an achilles problem and a few other things. If you have not started exercising, think twice about it trade it. I dont think he would be offended by that. I like to begin with a few administrative issues. The briefing books for this meeting were sent to all the governors in advance and include the agenda, speaker biographies and background information. The proceedings of this Committee Meeting are open to the press, cspan and other networks are here with us today as well is open to all the meeting attendees. I would ask all of you, please take a moment to silence your cell phones or other Electronic Devices you may have. Seated behind me is justin stephens, the legislative director for the Homeland Security and Public Safety committee. See him if you need additional copies of the material or any other assistance. He will also be available after the session if you need further details on any issues that we discussed today. Todays Committee Session states leading on Cyber Security is the topic. We will focus on efforts of the governors, in their respective states. Critical infrastructure from Cyber Attacks and meeting the needs of a cyber workforce. With our distinguished panel of speakers we will also discuss opportunities to leverage resources and strengthen Cyber Security partnerships with federal leaders such as department of Homeland Security as well as our National Guard and the private sector. This discussion comes at a very important time. Over the last year significant reaches at major u. S. Companies have exposed the nations increasing risk from cyberattacks originating both at home and overseas. States have not been immune to such threats with notable breaches of State Government networks in recent years that have compromised millions of citizens medical records financial statements, and other personal information. The consequences of these breaches go beyond economic and privacy concerns and threaten the safety of our citizens and our national security. State networks control many essential Government Services including critical Homeland Defense and Emergency Response operations. Critical infrastructure such as the electric grid, transportation systems, and Financial Networks are well known targets of cyber adversaries with potential longterm implications for both life and property. As governors, we play a key role and are responsible for ensuring the security and resiliency of our Government Systems and Critical Infrastructure within our states. In virginia, we have taken steps to ensure that the right governance structures are in place an adequate investments are being made to secure Sensor Networks and develop a Skilled Cyber workforce. Virginia is home to more than 26 cyber related federal university, and private r d facilities, as well as more than 400 and 50 cyber companies. We have a firstrate Higher Education system drive the creation of the nextgeneration Generation Information Technology and cyber workforce. We are also prone to a significant number of threats. Last year, in our state alone, we experience more than 100,000 attack attempts per day. We blocked more than 271 million spam messages. Those are staggering numbers, and the threats continue each and every day. That is why in february, for junior became the first state in america to adopt the National Institute of standards and technology Cyber Security framework solidifying our commitment to strengthening the security of our own networks and serving as a model for other states. Also in february, i issued executive order number eight, creating the virginias Cyber Security commission and launching the cyber virginia initiative. Im pleased to say that richard clarke, a Senior Security and counterterrorism adviser, is serving as the commission cochair, along with my secretary of technology, Karen Jackson seated behind me. We have assembled an Outstanding Group of cyber professionals to serve on the commission, including ms. Alexander, the principal director of the Cyber Security division at aerospace company. Cyber crosses many sectors. My secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security brian ran is seated behind me as well. My secretary of commerce and trade in education are also actively involved in the commission. We are looking at ways to be prepared and ready to respond to these threats by building capabilities leveraging resources like our National Guard, and strengthening our partnerships with the private sector. There are no onesizefitsall solutions trade solutions. The National Governors associations Resource Center for state Cyber Security, which covers snyder and i, cochair is working with representatives from all liberals levels of government. Its our mission to provide thoughtful recommendation and bring stakeholders together to address the states most pressing Cyber Security challenges. Governor snyder and i are members of the present council of governors. The councils membership includes 10 governors and senior federal officials such as Homeland Security secretary johnson as well as the department of defense and the white house. Through the council, states are working with the federal government to improve National Efforts to share cyber threat information, strengthen our preparedness and response capabilities, and leverage all available resources. The council had a great meeting on friday at the pentagon with secretary johnson on these matters, and i look forward to continuing those discussions today. In a moment we will hear a video message from our chair, governor rick snyder. Before i do that, i want to discuss another critical issue facing every states Homeland Security and that is the discussion going on right now in congress about funding for the department of Homeland Security. I am sure secretary johnson will speak on this issue, but i want to stress how tremendous an impact allowing dhs funding to collapse will affect every single governor in every single community. There will be realworld consequences for all of our states if dhs funding runs out. 30 hardworking the edge dhs employees will be without paychecks. Many of these grants support local police, firefighters, and emergency managers. They fund supplies, materials, and preparedness training to make our states so we can respond to Homeland Security threats and hazards, including the threat of ebola. A lapse in dhs funding could affect Port Operations around the country, something our economy cannot afford today. Its time for congress to get together on this and act. They should not let partisan politics threaten our Homeland Security and the Economic Security of so many who depend on their paychecks to put food on the table for themselves and their families. I look forward to discussing this in more detail with secretary johnson, and i appreciate you coming here today. Mr. Secretary, i know you made all five morning shows today. I would like to turn it over to our committee chair, Governor Snyder, who has sent us a video to tell us about a few ways michigan is leading on Cyber Security, and to set the stage for todays discussion. Hello. Im sorry i could not be with you in person. This meeting is an opportunity to address concerns and raise awareness about Cyber Security. A critical issue in michigan and around the nation. In michigan, we blocked more than 700,000 cyberattacks daily. To combat these attacks, we launched the 20 15th Michigan Cyber Initiative rate ini tiative. Raising Public Awareness leveraging our states awareness, and creating partnerships to create a cyber threat alert network. This issue cannot be taken lightly. When i present my fiscal year 2016 budget, a recommended 7 Million Investment to strengthen our Cyber Security efforts. Every day State Governments face threats to their Computer Systems and online networks. As cochair for the nga Research Center for state Cyber Security, and working with others to address these threats on a national scale. It is imperative that we understand the growing threat of Cyber Security in our country. By moving forward together, we will be able to better protect our citizens from technological threats. Next you will be watching a video about how easy it is for a third to attack a state network. This video was put together by a Program Designed to prepare Cyber Security professionals for realworld situations. Thank you for inviting me today and i hope you have a great meeting. You can say doing Business Online is more important today than doing business in a brickandmortar building. Securing buildings we have been doing it for thousands of years. Most people have a good commonsense grasp of what it takes to keep it building safe. If you see a broken window, you might meet somebody has gotten inside. But securing a website, surfing the web, a bit more recent. Not a lot of common sense out there. Thats good news for people like me. Let me walk you through how someone like me can make big problems for someone like you. It always starts with an employee. Colin edwards chester send. Hes a busy man. Always on the go, moving between meetings. Every day and goes to the office says high to his assistant, drink say little coffee, and gets to work. Guys like me, we make our own hours. Im not some kid sweating it out in moms basement for it im a professional. This is how i make my living, off of ed and people like you. Ed doing spreadsheets, shifting paradigms and scoring circles while talking on the phone playing some candy from crush. Me, on the other hand, im looking for opportunities. Lets say i find a story about ed in the business section of some blog. Looks promising. I will check out his social media presence, look at your website, search around to find a bit of eds personal history. Im taking notes, email at dresses, phone numbers. Eds got to go to an offsite visit and meet with the board of fancy trousers think inc. Im getting to work too. All the information ive collected so far. The attack has begun. Ed regularly attends a few conferences every quarter. One of his favorites is coming up soon. A web search gets me some logos. I put together an email from an airline asking ed to confirm. He sees the email on his phone and forwards it to his assistant. She opens the email, looks legit, clicks on the big red confirm button, goes back to work. Thats all it takes. That confirm button launch the Remote Access rojan trojan. Having access to her system is the same as having access to eds system. Having access to eds system is the same as having access to your system. Spreadsheets, documents, projections, confidential anything. I even have access to eds candy farm crush game now. Now i can dig through everything he has access to. Everything on your desktops, laptops, servers, anything online is at my fingertips. Ed barely had to do anything. All it took was someone with access to his inbox to click on a little red button. Still a little scared . You should. Who says you cant get rich quick . To everyone out there, your employees, you, the people using the wifi in your building, get up to speed on this until that happens, my job outlook is pretty rosy. Id like to turn to our distinguished panel of speakers to discuss how we can better protect ourselves from cyber threats, vocus our energies toward preventing future incidents, and give the governors of best practices they can implement to respond to and recover from a cyber incident. Our panel today includes the honorable jeh johnson secretary of Homeland Security since december of 2013. Prior to joining dhs secretary johnson served as general counsel for the department of defense. Secretary johnsons career has included Extensive Service in national security, Law Enforcement, and as a corporate attorney. Secretary or johnson was general counsel of the air force from 1998 to 2001. Lieutenant general edward cardone, commander of the u. S. Army Cyber Command. Prior to assuming command he was commander of the Second Infantry Division based in south korea. The Lieutenant General has commanded at every level from company through division. He was born in texas, raised in california, and commissioned as an engineer officer from the United States military academy in 1982. The principle director of the Cyber Security subdivision of the Aerospace Corporation ms. Alexander also serves as a commissioner on the virginia Cyber Security commission, and is chair of its Economic Development committee. In her current position in the private sector, ms. Alexander oversees engineering support research for Cyber Network and Information Security services all across the Defense IntelligenceCommunity Civil and commercial sectors. In addition to her position on virginia Cyber Security commission, ms. Alexander also serves on the National ResearchCouncils Committee on future Research Goals and directions for the foundational science in Cyber Security