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The President: Good
afternoon, everybody.
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I want to thank
Secretary Johnson,
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Deputy Secretary Mayorkas,
and the dedicated
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public servants
of the Department
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of Homeland Security for
welcoming me here today.
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I've kind of taken
over your work space.
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I apologize for that, but just
pretend that I'm not here.
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(laughter)
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I want
you to keep working.
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I did ask who dressed up
for this event,
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and apparently, a few were
brave enough to admit it.
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But in advance of my State of
the Union address next week,
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I've been rolling out my
proposals for keeping
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our economy on track,
keeping it growing,
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making sure we're creating
jobs and opportunity for
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the American people.
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And that includes
the extraordinary
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opportunities that exist
in our digital economy.
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Yesterday, I announced new
proposals to better protect
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Americans from identity theft
and to ensure our privacy,
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including making sure that our
kids are safe from digital
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marketing and intrusions on
their privacy based on what
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they're doing at school.
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Tomorrow in Iowa, I'll talk
about how we can give more
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families and communities
faster, cheaper access
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to the broadband that allows
them to successfully compete
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in this global economy.
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And on Thursday, the Vice
President will be in Norfolk
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to highlight the need
to continue to invest
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in the education and
skills for our
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cybersecurity professionals.
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But today I am here at DHS
to highlight how we can
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work with the private
sector to better protect
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American companies
against cyber threats.
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Shortly after I took
office, I declared that
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cyber threats pose an enormous
challenge for our country.
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It's one of the most
serious economic
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and national security
challenges we face as a nation.
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Foreign governments,
criminals and hackers probe
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America's computer
networks every single day.
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We saw that again with
the attack at Sony,
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which actually destroyed data
and computer hardware that
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is going to be very costly for
that company to clean up.
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Just yesterday, we saw
the hack of a military
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Twitter account and
You Tube channel.
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No military operations
were impacted.
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So far, it appears
that no classified
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information was released.
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But the investigation
is ongoing,
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and it's a reminder that
cyber threats are an urgent
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and growing danger.
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Moreover, much of our critical
infrastructure -- our
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financial systems, power grids,
pipelines, health care systems
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-- run on networks
connected to the Internet.
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So this is a matter of public
safety and of public health.
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And most of this
infrastructure is owned
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and operated by the
private sector.
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So neither government, nor
the private sector can
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defend the nation alone.
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It's going to have to be a
shared mission -- government
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and industry working hand
in hand, as partners.
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And that's why I've said
that protecting our digital
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infrastructure is a
national security priority
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and a national
economic priority.
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Over the past six years,
we've pursued a comprehensive
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strategy, boosting our
defenses in government,
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sharing more information with
the private sector to help them
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defend themselves, working
with industry through what
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we call the Cybersecurity
Framework not just to respond
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to threats and recover from
attacks but to prevent
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and disrupt them in
the first place.
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And that's where these
good folks come in.
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We are currently at the
National Cybersecurity
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Communications Integration
Center -- also known as NCCIC.
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I just got a tour
and a briefing.
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I want to thank everybody here,
not just from DHS but from
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across government and the
private sector, because,
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again, this is a shared
responsibility.
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This center is one of
the critical lines
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of America's
cyber defenses.
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These men and women work
around the clock, 24/7,
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monitoring threats,
issuing warnings,
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sharing information
with the private sector,
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and keeping Americans safe.
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So, as a nation, we owe them
thanks, and as a nation,
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we are making progress.
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We're more prepared to defend
against cyber attacks.
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But every day, our
adversaries are getting more
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sophisticated and more
determined, and more plentiful.
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So every day, we've got
to keep upping our game
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at the same time.
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We've got to stay ahead
of those who are trying
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to do us harm.
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The problem is that government
and the private sector
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are still not always
working as closely together
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as we should.
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Sometimes it's still too
hard for government
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to share threat information
with companies.
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Sometimes it's still too
hard for companies to share
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information about cyber
threats with the government.
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There are legal issues
involved and liability issues.
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Sometimes, companies are
reluctant to reveal their
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vulnerabilities or admit
publicly that they
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have been hacked.
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At the same time, the American
people have a legitimate
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interest in making sure
that government is not
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potentially abusing
information that
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it's received from
the private sector.
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So all of us -- government
and industry --
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are going to have to
keep doing better.
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The new legislation and
proposals I put forward
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yesterday will help,
especially for a strong,
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single national standard
for notifying Americans
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when their information
has been breached.
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Today, I want to announce
some additional steps.
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First, we're proposing new
cybersecurity legislation
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to promote the greater
information sharing we need
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between government and
the private sector.
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This builds and improves
upon legislation
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that we've put
forward in the past.
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It reflects years of extensive
discussions with industry.
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It includes liability
protections for companies
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that share information
on cyber threats.
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It includes essential
safeguards to ensure that
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government protects privacy
and civil liberties even
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as we're doing our job of
safeguarding America's
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critical information networks.
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I raised this issue again
and the need for this
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legislation with congressional
leaders this morning,
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including Speaker Boehner
and Leader McConnell,
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and we all agree that this is a
threat that has to be addressed,
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and I am confident that we
should be able to craft
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bipartisan legislation soon to
put these systems in place.
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We're going to keep on working
with Congress to get this done.
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And in the meantime, we're
going to do everything we can
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with our existing authorities
to make sure industry
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gets the information it needs
to better defend itself.
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Second, we're proposing to
update the authorities that
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law enforcement uses to go
after cyber criminals.
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We want to be able to
better prosecute those who
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are involved in cyber attacks,
those who are involved
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in the sale of cyber weapons
like botnets and spyware.
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We want to ensure that we're
able to prosecute insiders
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who steal corporate
secrets or individuals'
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private information.
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And we want to expand
the authority of courts
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to shut down botnets
and other malware.
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The bottom line, we want
cyber criminals to feel
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the full force of American
justice, because they
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are doing as much damage,
if not more, these days
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as folks who are involved
in more conventional crime.
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Finally, and since this is a
challenge that we can only
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meet together, I'm
announcing that next month
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we'll convene a White House
summit on cybersecurity
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and consumer protection.
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It's a White House summit
where we're not going
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to do it at the White
House; we're going
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to go to Stanford
University.
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And it's going to bring
everybody together -- industry,
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tech companies, law enforcement,
consumer and privacy
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advocates, law professors who
are specialists in the field,
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as well as students -- to
make sure that we work
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through these issues in a
public, transparent fashion.
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Because they're hard and
they're complicated issues.
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But if we keep on
working on them together,
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and focus on concrete and
pragmatic steps that
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we can take to boost our
cybersecurity and our privacy,
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I'm confident that both our
privacy will be more secure
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and our information, our
networks, public health,
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public safety will
be more secure.
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We're going to keep on
at this as a government,
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but we're also going to be
working with the private sector
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to detect, prevent, defend,
deter against attacks,
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and to recover quickly from
any disruptions or damage.
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And as long as I'm President,
protecting America's
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digital infrastructure
is going to remain a top
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national security
priority.
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In closing, I want to say one of
the areas I'll be working with
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Congress is to ensure that we
don't let any disagreements
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keep us from fulfilling our
most basic responsibilities.
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Last week's attack in Paris
was a painful reminder
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that we have no greater
duty than the security
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of the American people.
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And our national
security should never
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be subject to partisan
political games.
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Congress needs to
fully fund our
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Department of Homeland
Security, without delay,
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so that the dedicated
public servants working
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here can operate with
the certainty and confidence
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they need to keep the
American people safe.
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And that's true
across the board
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in the Department of
Homeland Security.
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So, again, I want to
thank Jeh
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and Deputy Secretary
Mayorkas, and everybody
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here at NCCIC and DHS for the
great job you are doing.
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You are helping to keep the
nation safe and secure.
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And with that, we're
going to get out
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of here so you can
get back to work.
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Who knows what's been
happening while you've been
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paying attention to me?
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(laughter)
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All right?
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Thank you very
much, everybody.
