Chief Information Security officer, meredith harper. Welcome, and over to you. Thanks very much, john. Its nice to see you, even virtually. So, today, you have everyones bio. So, i dont think i need to reintroduce our panel. But what theyre going to offer us, i think, is a way to look at the year, and back at the year in a context of cyber and health care, and give us a little bit different way to look at the latest efforts to get the vaccine out to the public. We actually have some news on this today, by the way. Well get to that a little later. Basically, the New York Times reported that Cyber Attacks related to cold storage of the vaccine have been going on since august. Its unclear whether this is about ransomware or something more sinister. But well get to that in a minute. What i thought wed do is divide the discussion basically into three parts. Were going to look at the broader issue of cyberthreats and attacks of the Health Care Sector as we sort of wrestle through a pandemic.
Interview of the new acting director of cisa, the department of Homeland Securitys key cyberofficial branden wells. Ill be back at the end of the day for the summits final session, a covering with three of the top Cyber Security voices on capitol hill. Senator mark warner, representative will hurd and representative lauren underwood. Pie would also strongly encourage you today, take a look at our new report released yesterday by the aspen Cyber Security group that laid out a National Cyber agenda for the Biden Administration and the 117th congress. It outlines actionable steps, the art of the possible, as we call it in the cybergroup. And help build a more secure foundation for the internet and our digital economy. A full report is available at aspenvi aspencybersummit. Org. And many of the key voices that went into writing that report youve heard from at the summit already and today. Im pleased to introduce my friend from npr who will be speaking with fbi Deputy Assistant director tan
Covid19. The Deputy Health officer in San Francisco and Infectious Disease specialist speaking amida rise in coronavirus case. Helping people isolate, quarantine and test. Thats how we slow the spread. San francisco has one of the most robust and competent investigation teams. At most times the department of Public Health is reaching more than 80 of people who test positive for covid19 and close contact. This tool is part of states platform. San francisco has just recently moved over the investigation and Contact Tracing system. To the state system called cal connect. This tool is now available to us. It began with a text to the number provided at the time of the test. It leads to an Online Survey on your smart phone. Its a tool used in conjunction with the 200 team members. And the Virtual Assistant is confidential. Just like a phone call is from the health department. We spoke with a few people. Who sounded hopeful. Other countries have used Contact Tracing successfully. If we can do
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Suzanne it is a pleasure to welcome you all here to do to our conversation on Foreign Policy and the u. S. President ial election. This event is part of the brookings policy 2020 series which seeks to empower voters ,ith factbased, datadriven nonpartisan information to better understand the policy matters discussed by candidates running for office this year. Thank you all for joining us. We are 29 days away from november 3. Americans will cast their ballots for the next president , but the future of americas global role is also at the ballot. Election,ward the todays conversation will focus in particular on its implications for the transatlantic relationship and u. S. Foreign policy toward europe. Many of leaders and their counterparts around the world are watching the election closely. While there are differing views about how the upcoming november election will shape the relationship, few in europe or it will revert to its previous form. The europeanfrom council on Foreign Relations