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00:00:02	>>	I'M PROUD TO REPORT [INAUDIBLE] I AM HONORED TO INTRODUCE THE HONORABLE DALE AM I ROSE. HE WAS FORMERLY CIO OF ODNI. WE SERVED TOGETHER IN THE AIR FORCE AS A RETIRED AIR FORCE MAJOR GENERAL AND HELD ODNI POSITIONS AND AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER. THE THIRD THING I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIM IS HE'S BEEN SELECTED TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CYBER COMMITTEE AND HE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT BEFORE HE INTRODUCES THE DEPUTY SECRETARY DEFENSE. PLEASE WELCOME ME -- HELP ME WELCOME DEAL. [APPLAUSE]
00:00:45	>>	GOOD MORNING. I'M GLAD TO SEE WE HAVE SUCH A CROWD INTERESTED IN THE SUBJECT OF CYBER. AS HE SAID, THE AFCEA INTERNATIONAL STAFF IN ITS DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SERVE OUR AFCEA CONSTITUENCY IN THE COMMUNITY BELIEVES NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO STAND UP A CYBER COMMITTEE. AND SO I AM HONORED TO ACCEPT THEIR ROLE OF HELPING TO THAT AND TO BE THE FIRST CHAIRMAN. THE CYBER COMMITTEE HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF ONE. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THAT. AND CLEARLY, WE NEED LOTS OF INPUT AND I SURE THAT THIS CROWD WILL NOT BE SHY IN GIVING US INPUT. WE WILL PROVIDE ADVERTISEMENT THROUGH AFCEA INTERNATIONAL, THROUGH THE WEB PAGE ASKED HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE AND HOW YOU CAN CONTACT, AND WE HAVE GOT SEVERAL IDEAS THAT WE ARE BANGING AROUND IN YOUR INPUT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL IN HELPING MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF PROVIDING THE ETHICAL FORMS THAT BOTH GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS VERY HOT TOPIC. SO IF FOLKS WANT TO GET AHOLD OF ME YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH THE AFCEA INTERNATIONAL STAFF AND YOU WILL SEE OPPORTUNITIES IN CYBERSPACE TO TALK ABOUT CYBER, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO USE THOSE HORIZONTAL COLLABORATION KIND OF TOOLS OUT THERE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE COMMITTEE WITH THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND SERVE AS IT WILL. SECONDARILY, AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT SPEAKER. AND HE'S THE GUY THAT IF YOU HAVE HEARD HIM SPEAK AROUND TOWN MANY PEOPLE COME OUT AND SAY WELL, HE NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION, SO HERE HE IS. AND SECRETARY ENGLAND HAS BEEN IN SENIOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE OFTEN FORGET HE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS AN AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN WORKING FOR HONEYWELL LEMON AND GENERAL DYNAMICS. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, HE WAS THE 72ND SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. I BELIEVE HE WAS THE FIRST BACK-TO-BACK SECRETARY OF THE NAVY BECAUSE HE ALSO EARNED THE TITLE OF THE 73RD SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. MOST OF YOU KNOW HE WAS ALSO THE INITIAL DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND HE IS OUR 29TH SECRETARY DEFENSE. HE IS A NATIVE OF MARYLAND, SO HE'S OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE EAST COAST BOURSE, TRULY DISTINGUISHED CAREER, A LEADER THAT WE HAVE ALL COME TO RESPECT BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY AS A PATRIOT AND A CLEAR THINKER TO WORK MANY TOUGH ISSUE IS WHETHER IT WAS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OR OVER IN THE PENTAGON. IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE AND HONOR TO INTRODUCE DEPUTY SECRETARY DEFENSE GORDON ENGLAND. [APPLAUSE]
00:04:08	>>	THANK YOU.
00:04:09	>>	GOOD MORNING. IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU ALL THIS MORNING. AND GENERAL, THANK YOU. DALE, THINGS FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT SERVICE TO AMERICA. GENERAL RETIRED, RANKING MAJOR GENERAL SO GOD BLESS HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE TODAY AND ALSO MY THANKS TO SECRETARY MICHAEL CHERTOFF WHO I KNOW WAS HERE EARLIER TODAY. HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND A REAL GOOD FRIEND OF MINE AND I DIDN'T HEAR THIS TALK BUT HOPEFULLY IT WAS INTERESTING AND VALUABLE TO YOU. I'M SURE IT WAS. ALSO, THANKS TO AFCEA. THIS IS A VITALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC. THESE ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU ARE HAVING AT THIS CONFERENCE. IMPORTANT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, TO OUR COLLEAGUES, TO HOMELAND SECURITY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY, TO THE NATION AND ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES. IN FACT, SINCE YESTERDAY IF YOU HEARD PRESIDENT BUSH HE MADE REMARKS AT WEST POINT, HE THE COMMENT AT WEST POINT EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT MILITARY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO IMPROVE SECURITY IN CYBERSPACE. NOW, OUR MILITARY SERVICES IN THE MODERN WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE RELY HEAVILY WHEN CYBER TECHNOLOGY. CYBERSPACE HAS BECOME A KEY DOMAIN IN A SIMILAR CONTACT THE LAND, AREA, AND SEE THROUGH WHICH GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY LEADERS CAN PURSUE, ACHIEVE, AND ENHANCE OBJECTIVES. AND THIS IS A CHANGE OF THE PACE THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED IN THE FACT HAS BEEN QUITE REMARKABLE. NOW, AS SUCH IT IS VITAL LEADERS AND OPERATORS UNDERSTAND THE CAPABILITIES, LIMITATIONS, AND VULNERABILITIES OF COMPUTERS, COMPUTER NETWORKS AND CYBER TECHNOLOGIES IN THE SAME WAY THEY WOULD ANY OTHER WHO ARE FIGHTING SYSTEMS. THE SAME AS THE RADAR SYSTEM, MISSILE OR TANKED. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THOSE SYSTEMS. IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT THAT OUR LEADERS AND OUR OPERATORS UNDERSTAND COMPUTER NETWORKS AND CYBER TECHNOLOGIES. AND JUST AS WITH OTHER NATIONAL MILITARY ASSETS, WE NEED TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT INFORMATION MOVEMENT IN CYBERSPACE. SO JUST AS WE DEFEND AGAINST ANY ATTEMPT TO CONSTRAIN THE U.S. NAVY'S, FREE MOVEMENT AT C THE SAME GOES TO THE DEMAND OF CYBERSPACE. AMERICA AND FRIENDS AND ALLIES MUST HAVE FULL ON CONSTRAINED AND SECURE FREEDOM OF ACTION. AND TODAY THE THREAT OF CYBERATTACK BY BOTH STATE AND NON-STATE ENTITIES IT IS VERY REAL. IT IS PERSISTENT. ITS SOPHISTICATED, AND IT IS DANGEROUS. NOW THE MOOD OF CYBERSPACE NETWORK IS UNDOUBTEDLY PROVIDE OUR ARMED FORCES WITH A VERY VALUABLE CAPABILITY. BUT IT HAS ALSO GREATLY INCREASED OUR VULNERABILITY. NOW, WHILE WE HAVE CLASSIFIED NETWORKS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN MANY WAYS WE ARE JUST LIKE CORPORATE AMERICA. BECAUSE MANY OF OUR BUSINESS SYSTEMS RELY ON OPEN NETWORKS. DOD ACTIVELY DEFENDS AGAINST THOUSANDS. WE DEFEND AGAINST THOUSANDS OF NETWORK ATTACKS, INTRUSIONS, AND OTHER INCIDENTS. EVERY DAY, THOUSANDS EVERY DAY. AND IN RESPONSE, THE NATION AND THE DOD HAVE ADDED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THIS EFFORT OF PROTECTION, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF INITIATIVES TO COUNTER CYBER ATTACKS. WE CONTINUE AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS AND ACADEMIA TO ASSIST IN MITIGATION OF THE CYBER THREATS. NOW WITH REGARD TO VULNERABILITIES, TOO WELL ORGANIZED CYBER WARFARE HAS GREATLY INCREASED THE THREATS AND THE CONSEQUENCES. MCAFEE, THE INTERNET SECURITY COMPANY ESTIMATES THAT ALREADY MORE THAN 120 COUNTRIES AND OTHER TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DEVELOPED WAYS TO USE THE INTERNET AS A WEAPON AGAINST FINANCIAL, POLITICAL, AND MILITARY SYSTEMS. ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT IN RECENT YEARS VARIOUS STATE AND NON-STATE ENTITIES HAVE INCREASED EFFORTS TO PREACH U.S. GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS. ESPECIALLY WITH IN DOD AND STATE IT'S EVEN BEEN REPORTED PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA STAFF HAS BEEN TARGETED BY HACKERS. IN PARTICULAR THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ARTICLES RECENTLY WRITTEN ABOUT THE THREAT OF CYBER ATTACKS FROM PEOPLE PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN CHINA, RUSSIA, AND ELSEWHERE. WE TAKE ALL OF THESE THREATS SERIOUSLY AND WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WORKING HARD TO PROTECT AGAINST THOSE THREATS. HOWEVER, MY VIEW IS WHY WE NEED TO ADDRESS THESE SPECIFIC THREATS AND BE AWARE WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES ARE DOING OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON DEVELOPING A ROBUST U.S. CAPABILITY. SO THAT IS, I WILL GO BACK TO MY BUSINESS ROLE, MY EXPERIENCE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD IS A LOT OF COMPANIES FOCUS TOO MUCH ON THEIR COMPETITORS RATHER THAN BUILDING PRODUCTS WHICH IS BASED FOCUSING ON THEIR CUSTOMERS. SO, FRANKLY I AM LESS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING TO BAN ON AND ON WHAT WE ARE NOT DOING. AND IT IS BROADER THAN JUST CYBER TO INSURE THAT OUR COUNTRY'S MAIN SECURE COMPETITIVE WE NEED A WORKFORCE THAT CAN COMPETE, ADAPT, AND OVERCOME BROUGHT TECHNICAL CHALLENGES NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. IT'S NOT JUST MILITARY. IT IS A NATIONAL WORK FORCE THAT CAN DO THAT. NOW UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW IN THE UNITED STATES THE NUMBER OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS IS DECLINING IN OUR UNIVERSITIES AT A TIME IN NUMBERS AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE DECREASING AND THIS DECLINE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POSES THE GREATEST LONG-TERM THREAT TO OUR COUNTRY INCLUDING OUR CYBER NETWORKS. AND THE CURRENT FORECAST DOES NOT LOOK PROMISING. SOME EXPERTS FOR EXAMPLE ARE ESTIMATING THAT THERE ARE MORE ON OUR LEVEL, OR ON OUR LEVEL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND OTHER TECHNICAL PROGRAMS IN CHINA THAN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF U.S. STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THESE PROGRAMS. NOW I DON'T DO WANT CHINA NOT TO HAVE ON OUR STUDENTS. AFTER ALL, THAT'S WHAT EVERY NATION SHOULD BE DOING, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES. SO OUR NATION SHOULD SEE THIS TYPE OF STATISTIC AS A CHALLENGE, A CHALLENGE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HONOR LEVEL STUDENTS IN OUR MATH, COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND ENGINEER PROGRAMS. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR THE COUNTRY TO STAY COMPETITIVE, PROSPEROUS, AND SECURE IN THE FUTURE. EDUCATION IS THE KEY. THAT IS WHY THE PRESIDENT'S COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE HAS IDENTIFIED CYBER EDUCATION AND TRAINING AS ONE OF THE CRITICAL AREAS OF FOCUS. AS A NATION, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY AND NURTURE THE BEST TALENT AND MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS AND COMPANIES TO EXCEL IN THESE CRITICAL AREAS SO THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OUR PROSPERITY AND NATIONAL DEFENSE. NOW, FORTUNATELY OUR NATION HAS A FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM THAT HAS EXCELLED IN RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. THAT THOSE COMPANIES RELY ON EXTRAORDINARY TECHNICAL TALENT. NOW IN REGARD TO PROTECTION NETWORKS PROCESS THESE MATTER A LOT, SO WE SPEND A LOT OF ENERGY ON PROCESS CONTROL. BUT AT THE CORE IT'S STILL TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROTECT AND DEFEND OUR NETWORKS. NOW I'M HOPEFUL, FRANKLY, THAT THERE IS A SILVER LINING IN THIS CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS. NOW BASED ON MY OWN EXPERIENCE AND JUDGMENT WHICH MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PEOPLES, BUT BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE AND JUDGMENT I FIRMLY BELIEVE VAL COMES FROM REAL ASSETS AS OPPOSED TO FINANCIAL LEVERAGE ON ASSETS. SO FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND MARKETS DAY AT WEALTH, AND THEY ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASSETS, BUT THEY ARE NOT THEMSELVES REAL ASSETS. A HOME IS A REAL ASSET. NOW ON THE BASIC VALUE OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN WHEN THE BASIC VALUE OF AN ASSET DECREASES OR WHEN THE VALUE OF THE ASSET IS IN QUESTION, THEN THE FINANCIAL BUILD ON THOSE ASSETS TEND TO COLLAPSE PARTICULARLY IF THERE HAS BEEN HIGH LEVERAGE THEY TEND TO COLLAPSE PRETTY MUCH EQUAL TO LEVERAGE. MY VIEW IS THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY. NOW HOPEFULLY GOING FORWARD OUR CITIZENS AND YOUTH ARE GOING TO BE MORE FOCUSED ON THE INITIATIVES LIKE DESIGN, PRODUCTION AND ENGINEERING THAT CREATE REAL NATIONAL ASSETS AND VALUE. AND THIS SHIFT CAN OFFER A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS AMERICAS ENERGY'S AND STRENGTHEN OUR POSITION AS THE WORLD'S TECHNOLOGY LEADER IN THE 21ST CENTURY. IF WE DON'T SHIFT BACK FROM THE LEGAL AND FINANCIAL EMPHASIS OF RECENT YEARS, THE BASIC VALUE ASSET CREATION THAN THE NATION WILL USE IN CYBER AND WE WILL USE OTHER TECHNICAL DOMAINS WHICH MEANS WE WILL ALSO LOSE IN COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY. AND WE WILL LOSE BY SHEER WEIGHT OF NUMBERS. LAST LOOKING INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL IT IS CLEAR THE THREAT OF CYBER ATTACKS WILL BE PART OF THE FUTURE WARFARE. WE HAVE SEEN IT ON A SMALL-SCALE ALREADY. THIS LARGER FUTURE THREAT WELL REQUIRE DOD TO CHANGE ITS THINKING AND ITS PLANNING. MUCH LIKE THE FIRST USE OF GUN POWDER CHANGED THE ISSUE OF WARFARE CENTURIES AGO. AND MY JUDGMENT IS WE ARE AT A VERY, VERY EARLY STAGES OF THIS PLANNING AND THINKING. NOW THIS THREAT IS A PRIORITY OF THIS ADMINISTRATION. IT WILL BE THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION AND THE NEXT CONGRESS. AND THE INTERAGENCY COMMUNITY NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER ACROSS GOVERNMENT, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO FURTHER IMPROVE OUR NATION'S SECURITY COLLABORATION AND PROCESS THESE. SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO MAKE THE MOST OF THIS CONFERENCE, REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNTERPARTS AND OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP FIND A WAY TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN AND PROTECT OUR NATION'S MOST VITAL INTEREST. MORE IMPORTANTLY, COMMIT YOURSELVES TO PERSONALLY NURTURE CAREERS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND GAS TAX PAYERS YOU SHOULD DEMAND EXCELLENCE IN MATH AND SCIENCE PROGRAMS IN EVERY SCHOOL AND EVERY GRADE LEVEL BECAUSE OF SURVIVAL OF OUR NETWORKS AND OUR NATION DEPENDS ON EMMETT. WHENEVER I SPEAK I TELL THE AUDIENCE THAT EVERY MORNING A REMARKABLE THING HAPPENS IN AMERICA, AND IT HAPPENS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA, HAPPENS IN TEXAS AND MINNESOTA, CALIFORNIA, HAPPENS IN EVERY CITY, STATE, COUNTY IN THIS COUNTRY. AND THE REMARKABLE THING THAT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE MORNING IS EVERY AMERICAN WAKES UP THREE AND IT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT AND IT'S NOT BY CHANCE AND IT'S NOT SOME IN THE LEGAL RIGHT WE HAVE. IT'S BECAUSE FOR 230 YEARS PEOPLE HAVE STEPPED FORWARD TO PROTECT THEIR FREEDOM IN MANY CASES PEOPLE GIVING THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM. SO IN CLOSING I WANT TO SAY GOD BLESS THOSE FOR ALL WHO HAVE SERVED AND WHO ARE SERVING OUR NATION TODAY. AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO STAND AND WATCH IN DANGER AS WE SIT HERE TODAY. GOD BLESS ALL OF THEM AND GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THANK YOU. I WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. [APPLAUSE]
00:18:40	>>	SIR, I'M FROM NORTH. WE TOUCHED ON THIS AND SECRETARY CHERTOFF SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT BUT OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE POLICIES THAT PROBABLY LEND THEMSELVES MORE TOWARDS DEFENDING THE BENET, IT'S PROBABLY BETTER THAN WE DO, CASE IN POINT CHINA WOULD DECLARE ANY EFFORT TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH THE NETWORK AS AN ACT OF WAR. WE DON'T QUITE COME OUT WITH THOSE SAME POLICIES, AND I THINK IN DOING SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE MIGHT BE CREATING AN UNEVEN BATTLE FIELD SUCH THAT WE HOLD OURSELVES TO A HIGHER STANDARD OTHER COUNTRIES OR OTHER ACTORS DON'T HOLD THEMSELVES TO THOSE STANDARDS, AND IF WE POTENTIALLY FOCUS ON THAT, COULD WE POTENTIALLY STRENGTHEN OURSELVES?
00:19:24	>>	SO I GUESS MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE WE LIVE IN A FREE, OPEN SOCIETY INCLUDING OUR NETWORKS. THEY ARE FREE, OPEN. PEOPLE UTILIZE OUR NETWORKS, FREE ACCESS TO NETWORKS, AND SO AROUND THOSE NETWORKS WE BUILD SECURITY SYSTEMS. I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO GET ANY TYPE OF RESTRICTION BUILT AROUND THE INTERNET. I THINK THAT WOULD BE COUNTER. SO IN ONE SENSE IT MAY PUT US AT A DISADVANTAGE BUT IN A BROADER SENSE I THINK THAT'S THE STRENGTH OF THE COUNTRY, AND SO I GET BACK TO MY COMMENTS. I MEAN, WE WILL NEED TO RELY CERTAINLY ON THE PROCESS THESE, IDENTIFYING USERS AND THERE'S LOTS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT, BUT ULTIMATELY IT IS GOING TO GET DOWN TO OUR TECHNICAL ABILITY TO BUILD TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THOSE NETWORKS, AND TO DO THAT REQUIRES SUPERB TECHNOLOGICAL TALENT. AND I WILL TELL YOU I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. IT ISN'T JUST THESE NETWORKS. I MEAN, OUR COUNTRY REALIZE -- WE ARE A TECHNOLOGY BASED COUNTRY. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT OUTNUMBER US GREATLY. SO IF WE DON'T FIND A WAY TO BITTERLY UTILIZE EVERY BIT OF TALENT WE HAVE, AND BY THE WAY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REALIZE THIS, BUT A THIRD OF ONE-THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS DO NOT MAKE IT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. A THIRD OF AMERICAN STUDENTS DO NOT GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL. AND I WILL TELL YOU WE CANNOT COMPETE AND SURVIVE AS A NATION WITH THAT KIND OF RECORD AND THAT IS NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THAT'S JUST TALKING ABOUT GETTING THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. SO I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE'S LOTS OF TECHNIQUES, BUT I VIEW THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE FOR THE COUNTRY AND I DON'T SEE OUR POLICIES ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE COURSE OF CHINA. AND I ACTUALLY HOPE THEY DON'T.
00:21:30	>>	DESPITE THE EMPHASIS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CYBER BY A NUMBER OF SENIOR LEADERS AND A PART OF THE GOVERNMENT, ELEMENTS OF THE PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND THE INSTITUTIONS AND ACROSS THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN SURPRISINGLY RESISTANT TO INCORPORATING CYBER ISSUES INTO THE CURRICULUM. AND I TAKE IT FROM YOUR REMARKS YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INTEREST ON THAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF THAT IS THE CASE THAT WOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TO TRY TO GET THAT IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.
00:22:02	>>	SO, THIS YEAR IN THE BUDGET WE HAVE NOT ONLY GROW OUR SCHOOLS, I THINK WE HAVE GROWN BY A FACT OF ABOUT THREE, BUT WE HAVE ALSO, THE SECRETARY DIRECT ALL THE SERVICES THAT THEY WILL FILL THOSE SCHOOLS. AS A PART OF THIS IS HAVING THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AVAILABLE, BUT THEN ALSO MAKING PEOPLE AVAILABLE SO THAT THEY CAN AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THOSE. AND SO, WE PUT A LOT OF 90 AND BUDGET TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOLS, AND WE'VE ALSO LITERALLY DIRECTED THE SERVICERS THE THIS IS A PRIORITY AND THEY NEED TO FILL EVERY ONE OF THOSE SEATS IN THE SCHOOLS GOING FORWARD. SO I THINK THAT IS A POSITIVE.
00:22:42	>>	ABSOLUTELY IS BUT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. ONE IS THE CYBER WORK FORCE WHICH CLEARLY IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, BUT THE BROADER QUESTION HERE IS THE EDUCATION FOR THE LEADERS AND THINGS LIKE THE COLLEGES AND THE POLITICAL AND CAREER LEADERS AND THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE NOT A PART OF THE CYBER WORK FORCE FOR WHICH A LOT OF THESE INITIATIVES HAVE NOT BEEN DIRECTED AT. SO THAT IS MY PROPOSAL.
00:23:05	>>	OKAY, SO I WILL TELL YOU I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THOSE COURSES ARE. WE DID WORK SPECIFICALLY ON THE CYBER SIDE OF THIS. I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH YOU, CAN'T DISAGREE THAT ACROSS-THE-BOARD WE NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR COLLEGES, EVERYTHING WITH A SYNTHESIS. SO, I MEAN I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT WE WILL LOOK AT IT AND EMPHASIZE. I KNOW YOU ARE EMPHASIZING
00:23:30	>>	WE ARE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT LATER, BUT THIS HAS BEEN THE EMPHASIS AND IT'S BEEN STRIDE TO BE RESISTED.
00:23:43	>>	HELLO MR. SECRETARY. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE. THE QUESTION HAVE AROUND THAT IS WE OF GREAT SUCCESS THE WE MAY HAVE DEBATED HOW WE DID OR DIDN'T DO IT. WE HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH SECURITY. YOU TALK ABOUT OWNING AN ASSET, AND THE GOVERNMENT AND THE NAVY SPECIFICALLY IS NOW LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY OWNING A NETWORK WHICH THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY OUTSOURCED AND SOME BLEND OF HOW WE DO THAT. COULD TO TELL HOW IN YOUR EXPERIENCE IN LEADING THIS SINCE YOU'RE THERE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES OF WHAT WE DID AND HOW, WHERE WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS WITH THAT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE A WHOLE NEW FRONTIER. YOU HAVE DONE A VERY SUCCESSFUL JOB ON YOUR WATCH WITH THE NAVY. WE HAVE A SUCCESS AS WE MOVE TOWARD LINKING JOINT AND WARFARE. HOW DOES THIS PLAY INTO THE WORLD YOU SEEM? .. VERY HARD TO BUILD BACK UP. ONE LESSON I HAVE LEARNED IN LIFE IS IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY EASY TO DESTROY CAPABILITY IN VERY HARD TO BUILD CAPABILITY. BY THE STROKE OF A PEN YOU CAN DO AWAY WITH SOMETHING SO I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SENSITIVE. PEOPLE BEFORE ME WERE ACTUALLY ALL VERY SMART IN WORKED VERY HARD SO BEFORE I CHANGE ANYTHING, THEY DECIDE TO DO I LOOK AT IT VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO DESTROY VALUE SO I THINK WE DESTROYED VALUE IN THE NINETIES. SO, GOING FORWARD I AM NOT SURE IT IS MUCH A QUESTION OF WHAT SHOULD GOVERNMENT DO AND WHAT SHOULD INDUSTRY TO. I THINK IT IS MORE QUESTION FIRST OF ALL, WHAT CAN YOU DO AND MAKE SURE YOU DON'T DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING YOU DON'T HAVE THE BASIC TALENT TO DO AND OCCASIONALLY BEAT DO THAT. WE TAKE ON SOMETHING WE ARE NOT REALLY CAPABLE OF DOING SO I THINK RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE GET INTO A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE OUTSOURCE AND WHAT WE DO IN THE HOUSE, I WOULD SAY THE FIRST ANALYSIS SHOULD BE TOO WEAK IN THE GOVERNMENT HAVE THE CAPABILITY, TALENT, EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND, AT ETC. TO RUN THESE EXTRAORDINARY LARGE COMPLEX PROGRAMS? I WOULD SAY PROBABLY BE DON'T AT THE PRESENT TIME BECAUSE AGAIN WE LOST A LOT OF THAT CAPABILITY AND VALUE. EVEN IF IT IS AL INSOURCED HOWEVER, HE STILL HAVE TO GO AND MANAGE THAT CAPABILITY. YOU STILL HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS, YOU STILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE IT, TO THE OVERSIGHT THAT CEDRAS THE GOVERNMENT NEED THIS CAPABILITY. AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU CAN NEVER HAVE BEEN UP SMART PEOPLE. PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW YOU IMPROVE ACQUISITION. SORT OF IN THE SAME DISCUSSION, RIGHT? BECAUSE THIS IS-- DERREK BIN 128 STUDIES IN THE ACQUISITION, THOUSANDS OF RECOMMENDATIONS. IN FACT THERE ARE FOUR OF THE MYRON MYSELF. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I WOULD TAKE, GIVE ME 100 EXTRAORDINARILY CAPABLE PEOPLE, THAT IS TECHNICAL BACKGROUND, THE PROGRAM BACKGROUND, ALL THE THINGS IT TAKES TO RUN A PROGRAM, I WILL TAKE 100 OF THOSE PEOPLE IN DISPELS RECOMMENDATIONS ANY DAY AND WE WILL HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED OUR ACQUISITION SYSTEMS SO AGAIN GETS DOWN TO TALENTED PEOPLE. THAT IS A LONG ANSWER TO A SHORT QUESTION.
00:27:55	>>	THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
00:27:59	>>	YOU BET.
00:28:02	>>	SECRETARY? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU REGARDING THE LOCAL INTERNET SYSTEM, DOD DEPENDS ON IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND HELD FORMAL EARL IS THE MILITARY BY DEPENDING ON THE SLOCUM INTERNET SYSTEMS AND MORE GENERALLY HOW DO YOU ASSESS THE STATE OF SECURITY OR THE STATE OF SAFETY OF NATIONAL SECURITY, CYBER SYSTEMS AS OF THIS POINT?
00:28:30	>>	OKAY, OUR SYSTEM OVERSEAS, THEY WORK AND YOU KNOW WE NEED THEM SO THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL TO US. THEY DO WHAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH AND I WOULD SAY LIKE ALL SYSTEMS THEY ARE FROMMER BULL. HOWEVER, MY JUDGMENT IS, BASED ON DATA I HAVE SEEN IS THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING EXPLOITED TO OUR DISADVANTAGE SO YOU ALWAYS WANT THEM BETTER AND I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING IS TRUE WITH OUR NATIONAL SYSTEMS. LOOK, THIS IS AN AREA TO BE PARANOID. ANYONE WHO IS COMFORTABLE ABOUT OUR SYSTEMS I THINK THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO APPROACH THIS PROBLEM. I WOULD SAY TO THE MATTER WHAT YOU DO AND NO MATTER WHAT YOUR LEVEL OF COMPETENCE IS THE NEED TO BE PARANOID, SO LOOK EVERY SINGLE SYSTEM IS VULNERABLE. EVERY SINGLE SYSTEM IS VULNERABLE. THIS IS ONLY A QUESTION OF OUR PEOPLE SMART ENOUGH TO GET INTO YOUR SYSTEMS TO ATTACK YOUR SYSTEMS BUT EVERY SYSTEM IS BOEHLER BULL AND THAT IS DO WE HAVE TO APPROACH THIS. IF YOU DON'T APPROACH IT THAT WAY YOU'LL DEFINITELY BE IN TROUBLE SO LOOK I DON'T THINK YOU CAN QUANTIFY IT. I THINK WHAT YOU DO IS YOU CONSTANTLY IMPROVE THE SYSTEMS TO MAKE THEM MORE ROBUST EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THAT IS THE ONLY APPROACH YOU CAN TAKE AS AN INSTITUTION, AS A NATION CONSTANTLY MAKE IT ROBUST. I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE WE ARE IN A VERY VERY EARLY STAGES OF WORKING BOTH NETWORKS AND THE SECURITY OF NETWORKS. THIS IS VERY, VERY EARLY. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO GO ON FOR LONG LONG TIME AND IN A LOT OF WAYS WE CANNOT PREDICT AND THEREFORE IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE CONSTANT VIGILANCE AND ATTENTION AND CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THAT IS THE ONLY APPROACH I KNOW THAT YOU CAN TAKE ON THIS WITH THE VERY BEST PEOPLE YOU CAN FIND.
00:30:24	>>	GOOD MORNING SECRETARY. THANK YOU FOR A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD ANALYSIS. YOU MENTIONED THE ISSUE OF GUN POWDER AND THAT IT TOOK TIME TO ACCEPT THE IDEA OF THE NEW GUN POWDER. IT WAS A NEW PARADIGM. MY QUESTION IS, AND LET ME STEP BACK A SECOND-- THERE IS A BOOK ON THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS AND HE IS TALKING ABOUT THEIR TO MANY PROBLEMS AND THE PROBLEMS CANNOT BE SOLD-- IT MEANS THE PARADIGM IS STARTING TO BREAK AND MY QUESTION TO YOU WAS THERE A VERY DEEP ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE SITUATION, MAYBE NIT? MAYBE IN I.T. COMMON ABN IT AND CYBERSECURITY, THE PARADIGM IS A STARTING TO BREAK AND ACCORDING TO THOMAS, WHEN THE PARADIGM BREAKS THEN THERE IS A COMPETITION BY NEW IDEAS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING PARADIGM, SO WAS THERE EVER A LOOK AT THE SUBJECT AND ASKING, ARE WE REALLY FACING SOME KIND OF A BREAKDOWN IN OUR BASIC IT AND WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARDS AND THEN THE QUESTION IS, IF THIS IS REALLY THE SITUATION HOW COULD YOU ACCELERATE A DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION IF THIS IS THE CASE?
00:32:03	>>	THAT IS QUITE A QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] I AM NOT SURE I CAN ADDRESS IT DIRECTLY EXCEPT LET ME SAY THIS BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOES NOT DRIVE THIS TECHNOLOGY. I MEAN, WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY IN THIS TECHNOLOGY. WE SPEND MONEY DEFENDING THIS TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T DRIVE THIS TECHNOLOGY. WE ARE A VERY BIG PLAYER IN THIS WHOLE TECHNOLOGY ARENA, SO I WOULD SAY IF THERE IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY NEW APPROACHES, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, YOU NOTE DO AWAY WITH THE APPROACHES WE HAVE TODAY IN TERMS OF I.T. AT ETC. IT IS NOT GOING TO OUR ORIGINATE IN DOD. WE WILL BE FALLING WHAT INDUSTRY DOES IN THIS REGARD. WE WILL FUND RESEARCH, WE WILL ASSIST THE DEVELOPMENT AND DO A LOT OF THINGS TO NURTURE THIS BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS NOT GOING TO COME OUT OF GOVERNMENT LABS OR COME OUT OF REALLY A ROBUST INDUSTRY, WHICH WAS MY COMMENT BEFORE ABOUT IT WE DO HAVE A ROBUST FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM AND WE WILL RELY ON THAT.
00:33:15	>>	IF WE FOLLOW INDUSTRY, WE WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW MySpace, Facebook AND THOSE ARE THE TECHNOLOGIES WHICH ARE CUTTING EDGE, WITH 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES BUT THEIR CONCERN IS NOT SECURITY, SO AREN'T WE GOING TO FOLLOW CUTTING DEAD TECHNOLOGIES WHICH WILL LEAD US DOWN THE WRONG PATH?
00:33:38	>>	EXCEPT THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY SYSTEMS OUT THERE. OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS BASED ON FINANCIAL NETWORKS THAT RELY ON SECURITY. PEOPLE'S MEAD ONCE IN AWHILE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT SECURITY NETWORKS AND I SAY I AM COMFORTABLE BECAUSE I HAVE ALL OF MY MONEY IN MY MATTRESS. [LAUGHTER] I ALWAYS SAY THIS IN HERE BUT I DON'T WANT TO CRUSH THE MARKETS TODAY. [LAUGHTER] BUT, RIGHT? OUR WHOLE SYSTEM IS BUILT ON ONE SERIES OF NETWORKS. EVERY ONE OF YOU TRANSACTIONS IS BUILT ON THAT SO COMPANIES, ALL OF THEIR PROPRIETARY DATA, ALL THEIR DESIGNS AND EVERYTHING THEY DO AROUND THESE DAYS, SO I WOULD SAY SECURITY IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE. LOT OF MONEY BEING INVESTED IN ME TO INVEST A LOT OF MONEY IN THOSE AREAS TO HELP FACILITATE THAT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE TO LARGELY RELY ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE COMMERCIAL MARKETPLACE. WE BENEFIT MORE FROM THE COMMERCIAL MARKETPLACE THAN VICE VERSA.
00:34:43	>>	YES, GOOD MORNING. DEPUTY SECRETARY. SO YOU DID A GOOD JOB AT ILLUSTRATING THE GAP IN EDUCATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE COMING OUT PEOPLE BUT AT WHAT POINT DOES THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GET INVOLVED WITH THAT AND THE SECOND POINT IS HOW DOES DOD, HOMELAND SECURITY REACHED THROUGH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO HELP SOLVE THE ISSUE?
00:35:10	>>	FIRST OF ALL I DON'T THINK IT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. A LOT OF EFFORT TAKES PLACE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL BUT IT TURNS OUT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ALREADY LOCAL SOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THERE THOUSANDS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, MAYBE TENS OF THOUSANDS BUT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ALREADY LOCAL. THEY ARE NOT NATIONAL SOAP FOR NATIONAL FUNDS THEY SET STANDARDS AND NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND AND BLESS OF THINGS TO ENCOURAGE SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO SET STANDARDS. BUT I WILL TELL YOU IT IS LOCAL. IT IS PEOPLE THROUGHOUT AMERICA NEED TO TAKE A VERY STRONG INTEREST IN THEIR EDUCATION SYSTEM. I MEAN AGAIN I FIND IT ABSOLUTELY ASTONISHING THAT BASE ONE-THIRD OF OUR TEENAGERS DO NOT GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND OF THOSE THAT GRADUATE, SOME GRADUATE OBVIOUSLY FROM NOT VERY GOOD HIGH SCHOOLS SO THIS IS, THIS IS IN MY JUDGMENT A NATIONAL CRISIS. I MEAN WE CANNOT COMPETE AS A NATION IN LESS WE HAVE HIGHLY EDUCATED PEOPLE, UNLESS WE PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CITIZENS TO EXCEL AND UNLESS WE ENCOURAGE MATH AND SCIENCE AND THE HARDER SUBJECTS THAT PEOPLE TEND TO WANT TO AVOID THESE DAYS, WE WILL NOT BE COMPETITIVE COMMERCIALLY AND IF WE ARE NOT COMPETITIVE COMMERCIALLY WE WILL NOT BE SECURE AS A NATION BECAUSE WE WON'T BE COMPETITIVE MILITARILY SO I THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE ABSOLUTELY, MUST BE ADDRESSED. I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS A FEDERAL ISSUE. I ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT IS A LOCAL ISSUE. I DO THANK YOU. AND I SAID BEFORE A THANKED ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PROTECTED AND DEFEND OUR FREEDOM AND WEAR THE UNIFORM OF OUR COUNTRY BUT IT IS NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO WEAR THE UNIFORM. IT IS THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE FRONT LINES THAT ENABLE THE TECHNOLOGIES, PRODUCE THE GOODS AND SERVICES AND DO ALL THOSE THINGS OUR MILITARY NEEDS TO BE IN THE FIGHT AND WIN EVERY DAY SO I THANK YOU. I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO IT IN MY LAST WORD, SHORTLY AFTER 9/11 AND REPORTER ASKED THIS LITTLE GIRL, TURNED OUT SHE WAS NINE YEARS OLD, THE REPORTER ASKED HIS 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL, WHAT IS PATRIOTISM? A 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL, WHAT IS PATRIOTISM? THIS LITTLE 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL SAID PATRIOTISM IS TAKING CARE OF AMERICA. SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATRIOTISM. GOD BLESS, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. [APPLAUSE]
00:37:50	>>	THANKS SO MUCH TO SECRETARY ENGLAND. I THINK THIS WAS REALLY TERRIFIC. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO NOW, WE ARE ENDING A LITTLE BIT EARLY BUT THERE IS A PURPOSE FOR THE. WE WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO ADD TO THE TRACK SESSIONS BECAUSE WE ARE CONCERNED THAT WITH ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL DIALOGUE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ENOUGH TIME SO JUST TO REITERATE, LET ME GO THROUGH AT THE BRICKS R & D WILL SEE DIRECTIONS OUTSIDE WHEN YOU LEAVE THE AUDITORIUM. TRACK ONE IS EMERGING NETWORK WARFARE. TRACT TWO, INTERDEPENDENCY OF CYBERSECURITY. TRACK THREE, HOW TO HARNESS THIS CYBER TEACHER. AND TRACK FOR, CYBER OPERATIONS AND THEIR REGULAR WARFARE. I AM SURE YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE A CHALLENGE IN TRYING TO DETERMINE WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO ATTEND. YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY IN ONE TRACTILE TIME. YOU CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE THE PANELS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF. SO WITH THAT WE ARE GOING TO RELEASE YOU AND WE WILL SEE YOU LATER IN THE DAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] A CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION RECENTLY ISSUED A REPORT SAYING THE WMD ATTACK WAS LIKELY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. TOMORROW, THE SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE HOLDS A HEARING ON THE REPORT WITH TESTIMONY FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS BEGINNING AT 10:00 A.M. EASTERN.

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