COUNTRIES SWIPE OUR CORPORATE SECRETS. OUR ENEMIES ARE ALSO SEEKING THE ABILITY TO SABOTAGE OUR POWER G IRD, OUR FINANCIAL IS THE TWO SHINS -- INSTITUTIONS....

AS IF SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED TO IT, THAT THINGS WOULD HAPPEN -- BAD THINGS WOULD HAPPEN TO IT IN THE REAL WORLD. IT WOULD BE ECONOMIC DISRUPTION. IN...

MANY ARE IN PRIVATE HANDS. >> WILL THESE

FOR THE MOST PART IT WILL BE A VOLUNTARY AND COLLABORATIVE PROCESS TO PARTICIPATE. IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND FOLLOW HOW THE RING WORK...

ORDER, THAT IS DRIVEN FROM THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH SIDE. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, THERE'S A DOWN PAYMENT THAT WE ULTIMATELY NEED TO GET...

I DESCRIBE MY ROLE AS THE CHIEF CALF HERDRER.ER. IT'S MY JOB TO OVERSEE THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT AS RELATED TO CYBERSECURITY AND WORK ON ENSURING THE AGENCIES...

THANK YOU. >> HOW WELL

ARE DOING, IT IS TAKING THE BEST PRACTICES FROM THE LEADING COMPANIES THAT DO CYBERSECURITY WELL AND STUDYING THOSE -- AND SPREADING THOSE OUT TO COMPANIES...

RELATED. YOU WOULD SEE THE SAME KIND OF DIVERSITY THAT YOU SEE IN THE OR OR. -- IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. SOME ARE MUCH FURTHER ALONG THAN OTHERS. THEY...

IT HAS WORKED, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. IT MOVED THE BALL FORWARD FOR THAT TIME PERIOD, AND NOW WE HAVE A MORE SOPHISTICATED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT...

THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE IS THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF A REACH WITH INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA. WE HAVE HELD DOZENS OF MEETINGS -- MORE THAN 30, ACTUALLY...

THE PRESIDENT CAN ONLY DIRECT EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES TO TAKE ACTION. UNDER THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, ONLY THE ENTITIES ARE ON THE FEDERAL SIDE. WE WOULD...

YES. WE LOOK AT THE ISSUES THAT WE FACE IN CYBERSPACE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS AND HOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO DEAL WITH THEM, YOU SEE NO ONE AGENCY...

OF DIFFERENT CONCERNS. ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HEAR AND YOU SEE IT REFLECTED INN TIMELINESS, YOU SHARED INFORMATION WITH US THAT HAPPENED THREE MONTHS...

ARE CURRENTLY SOME BARRIERS TO GOVERNMENT SHARING INFORMATION WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WHAT ARE THOSE LEGAL OBSTACLES? >> THE FACT THAT

UP BECAUSE THE CYBERSECURITY AND TRADE SECRETS -- WHAT WOULD ALLOW COMPANIES TO COME TO THE GOVERNMENT? >> WHAT IT DOES IS THAT IT

YOU HEARING FROM MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ABOUT HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER? >> IN GENERAL, THE REACTION

C. PROTECT INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES. HOW DO YOU PROTECT BUSINESS AND INDIVIDUALS CIVIL LIBERTIES? >> A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO

DANIEL, A LOT OF NEW STORIES ABOUT CHINA. HEADLINES ARE OFTEN CHINA HAS ATTACKED X. BIG COVER STORY IN BLOOMBERG AS WELL. IS THIS POLICY DIRECTED TOWARD...

HEADLINES THAT SAY CHINA ATTACKS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> IT IS HARD TO

RELEASED THAT GENERATED MANY HEADLINES. THEY HAVE TASTED THESE ATTACKS TO A BUILDING IN SHANGHAI. AT WHAT POINT DO ATTACKS THAT APPEAR TO BE EXERCISED...

GOVERNMENT INTERVENE? >> WHEN YOU TAKE THEIR

THE INTELLIGENT MAYBE? >> --

ABOUT SHARING INFORMATION OF WHAT THE INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY HAS AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS. IT IS COMBINING THAT INFORMATION ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT....

THAT YOU HAD TO TAKE ALL OF THE ROLES TOGETHER. THERE ARE CLEAR LINES INCLUDE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT BELONG TO SAY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY...

INTO DETAILS. WHAT I CAN SAY FROM AN OVERALL STANDPOINT, ACROSS-THE-BOARD IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS DOING IN THIS SPACE, WE HAVE BEEN...

FOR A BROAD SET OF INCENTIVES THAT ENCOURAGE COMPANIES TO ADOPT A FRAMEWORK. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCOVERED AS WE WERE WORKING ON THE EXECUTIVE ORDER...

INTERESTING. WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, CYBER SECURITY ISSUES THAT HAVE EMERGED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS, I THINK IT IS MUCH...

PASSES, WE HAVE SEEN DISCUSSION OF ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE. HOW IS THIS IN TERMS OF IMPROVING SECURITY? WHAT STEPS WOULD IMPROVE THE SECURITY FOR U.S. ORGANIZATIONS?...

THE CYBER SECURITY COORDINATOR FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. THIS IS "THE COMMUNICATORS" ON C-SPAN. >> C-SPAN,