To this question, who is responsible for what i call the civilian front. We have to realize in israel, my term of what we call home front is the civilian front. Because in israel, we have two fronts. We have the military front, which is nicely orchestrated. We have clarity of hierarchy. Everything is clear. How the orders go. But when we come to the issues of the civilian front, which is much more complex, much more complex, nobody knows what who is responsible for what . We dont have this whole issue of accountability, authority and responsibility. Israel is excuse me for using french, primitive. Its primitive. And we cannot come and bring ourselves to structure it in accordance with my logics, politics is a major obstacle, major obstacle in this respect. I dont want to end with grim prospect. But we have several major issues that still have to be dealt with. You know, very basic ones, not just tactical ones. Very basic ones. Number one, who is responsible for the population in terms
Office. I no longer travel with an entourage that maybe once existed. And were simply trying to make very visible that this is a different dullture. Are you sort of like the pope . You know, travel in a little tiny car. Im much less than that. Remember, im on the bottom of the pyramid. Im flying coach. I have to say, i sympathize with my colleague. I wish you could do something about that. Fix that. Id certainly appreciate it. We talked with Ranking Member michelle in his office about this. Again, the veteran should not be published or punished for having a barrier between va and dod. The veterans should not be punished for having nine different maps of organization structure. You know, these are things that weve got to simplify so that every ill give you another example. We have 14 different websites that require different user names and passwords. I dont know about you, but i hate keeping track of user names and passwords for all these website. You should be able to plug in the va in
28 National Systems would produce important benefit if we wouldnt deal with it in 28 different jurisdictions, but together in the European Union you could argue if it can be made that there is potential benefit in having one set of rules on one rather than 28. Then its being met. The other way around is of course also correct. Then the question is are we still respecting the principal which with the proportionality is one of the principals that should guide legislation in the European Union level. The fourth reason is why it can be beneficial. It provides again an understandable narrative about why are we integrating in the European Union. We had these in the past. We had the enlargement and these stories. We had a story in the last five years. Its a precondition for everything else. We have been able to survive. This is a number of positive stories like digital europe and energy union. Like the internal market and like corporations in defense and many others. They will wemore into det
Beaming this offense to places far and wide and we have an overflow room as well because the Wilson Center is truly honored to host this event. I am welcoming some of our nearest and dearest supporters pretty thank representative jim himes of connecticut will be here or is here. I am jane harman the president and ceo of the Wilson Center. 15 years ago a disgruntled australian contractor hacked a sewage control system in queensland spilling millions of gallons of waste onto public lands it into public waters. All it took him then was a laptop and the a radio. Today our infrastructure is increasingly networked rail switches water mains power grids. Americans lives are more vulnerable than ever to digital disruption. The hacker black market has flourished. You can buy zero days for a song song. A would be cyberterrorist who arent limited in resources anymore. Its creativity. Crafting a secure internet in securing americas place in cyberspace is a huge technical and leadership challenge. I
All of us . You know like most statistics they are all over the place but by any measure there are references to 85 of Critical Infrastructure and the backbone on which we ride whether you are power plant, a financial company, whether you are a shopping center. All of that the vast majority that resides in the private sector. And local government or privatelyowned. That means that the dot gout piece or the dot. Mil that is controlling United States government is a small portion and so we are incredibly reliant for all the services we rely on that are critical in many instances to our life and sustenance whether its a hospital or Financial Bank account you are vulnerable if you are hooked up to the internet. In my brilliant introduction i referred to rails, water mains and power grids. What percentage of this is in the private sector . All of it. Did everyone hear that . Privatelyowned. Its not the federal government responsibility. It doesnt come under the control of the federal govern