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The following move to the regulatory piece, i want to make one other comments. One thing i dont want to be losses why Companies Like ours and others support the information sharing legislation. Partly because to date when we try to stop the cyberthreat it requires lawyers to analyze a variety of statutes weather is electronic communications, determining what we can do so a big aspect of the information sharing that is not talked about as much is the actual authorization component of the legislation so specifically authorization for companies to do things like monitor their networks or take act...

Being provided in the disaster scene. Like colonel ingels, i was impressed by the robust, defined chain of command and a large response capable of being produced. However, in an overwhelming disaster things dont always go as planned and certainly our experiences in combat has showed us there and Prior Experience with disasters have outlined that even though theres a welldefined system of response it doesnt always work out. What i defined yesterday was that logistics problems may get in the way and interfere with medical surge planning as is outlined. Putting resources where they are needed in ...

Communication is going to make all the difference. We can still provide top level trauma care and still provide as the recovery unfolds the kind of primary care and other care that will need to happen when our infrastructure has been seriously impacted. So it really has shifted how were thinking literally from a tactical, just immediately taking care of whats in front of us, to a strategic kind of plan that we can now look at and really do the best for the city. So the captain and the colonel, through the discussions that took place yesterday, what are some of the things you learned about rela...

This discussion is two and a half hours. Good morning, i am the president and ceo of the United States telecom association. I want to thank you for attending the conversation this morning. We have been watching the screen somewhat uncertain if we were going to be here this morning. I am grateful it worked out so we can talk about the Cybersecurity Framework the whitehouse announced this week. We believe it is going to help the industry achieve grating levels of security around Critical Infrastructure. It allows companies of all sizes to adopt policies based on their specific threats by creatin...

As we heard from some of the government speakers in terms of whether it is embraced or not we have seen a lot of companies talk about how they are applauding the release of the framework and that includes at t, the chairman spoke of the release at the white house, there is general support for the framework but as to whether that continues, will the framework be used as it was intended so it remained flexible non regulatory riskmanagement tool. If it continues down that path you will see fairly widespread use among the private sector. As for whether or not the framework is going to improve cybe...