{"id":149933,"date":"2023-08-17T12:33:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T18:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=149933"},"modified":"2023-08-25T12:09:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T18:09:51","slug":"hickenlooper-chairs-senate-committee-hearing-in-colorado-springs-on-cybersecurity-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=149933","title":{"rendered":"Hickenlooper Chairs Senate Committee Hearing in Colorado Springs on Cybersecurity, Small Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-149934\" data-id=\"149934\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-1-1200x800.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-1-1200x800.png 1200w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-1-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-149935\" data-id=\"149935\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-1200x800.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-1200x800.png 1200w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-149936\" data-id=\"149936\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image010-1200x800.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image010-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image010-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image010-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image010.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper chaired a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sbc.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/hearings?ID=916CD922-CCB3-48C8-921E-CF698A99C046\" target=\"_blank\">field hearing<\/a>&nbsp;of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Colorado Springs to explore how to support the cybersecurity needs of small businesses across the country.<br><br>\u201cWe are here today to focus on how to help these small businesses thrive in an ever evolving economy, especially one where cyber security becomes a larger and larger risk. This is without question a bipartisan issue, there should be no politics involved in this \u2013 in any way. I think everyone agrees that we need to expand our cyber workforce. Right now, we are filling less than 70% of the jobs that need to be filled,\u201d&nbsp;said Hickenlooper, member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, during the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Held at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs\u2019 Cybersecurity Center, Hickenlooper was joined at the public hearing by witnesses Kevin Stine, Chief of the Applied Cybersecurity Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gretchen Bliss, Director of Cybersecurity Programs at UCCS, Alfred Ortiz, CEO of CSD Cyber, and Dr. Shawn P. Murray, President-Elect of the Information Systems Security Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSmall businesses, often on the account of their size, lack the resources and expertise to prevent the cyber attacks before they happen and struggle to respond after the attack occurs. In so many cases, they can\u2019t afford to have a department \u2013 or even dedicated engineer \u2013 to help them be prepared and help guide them once they have been attacked,\u201d&nbsp;said Hickenlooper in the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hickenlooper and the witnesses discussed the different cyber threats that small businesses can face in the digital economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need to provide support and, not just support, but genuine technical assistance to small businesses. At the same time we need to raise awareness of the information that is available for cyber defense, where they can turn. We have to, at least to some minimum level, establish cyber standards around creating safe guards,\u201d&nbsp;said Hickenlooper in the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hickenlooper also discussed how cyber insurance can help small businesses adapt and mitigate cyber threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen small businesses turn to the insurance market for cyber insurance, it can be challenging to understand how the policies work, how insurance can help them recover after a cyber attack, and what the value proposition is \u2013 what they are paying for and if they are getting fair value for insurance. Our bipartisan&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hickenlooper.senate.gov\/press_releases\/hickenlooper-capito-introduce-bill-to-help-better-insure-small-businesses-against-cyber-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Insure Cybersecurity Act<\/a> with Senator Capito is going to help provide both clarity and guidance for small businesses looking to get insured,\u201d&nbsp;said Hickenlooper in the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;As a regional leader in cybersecurity education, UCCS appreciates Senator Hickenlooper\u2019s service on the Small Business &amp; Entrepreneurship Committee and his advocacy for small businesses facing real-world cybersecurity challenges. We were honored to host this rare Senate hearing in the field at the UCCS Cybersecurity Center, reinforcing the breadth &amp; depth of cybersecurity expertise &amp; education in the Colorado Springs area,&#8221;&nbsp;said Gretchen Bliss, UCCS Director of Cybersecurity Programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs cyber threats to business owners and space service providers continue to evolve at an exponential pace, business leaders must move cyber readiness to a top priority in their daily operations,\u201d&nbsp;said Harry D. Raduege, Lt. Gen USAF (Ret.), National Cybersecurity Center President and CEO.&nbsp;\u201cThe NCC applauds the efforts of U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, visionary founder of the NCC, for working to ensure that small businesses have the tools and resources they need to protect themselves, their products, and services from cyber threats throughout a constantly evolving ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSmall business is a vital component of our country\u2019s economic leadership and technological innovation. It\u2019s also an increasingly important contributor to the development of our national space systems industry, the new \u201chigh ground\u201d for national and economic security. We can see, therefore, that small business needs protection from those who would steal its intellectual property, hold it for ransom, or compromise its role in the supply chain on which our critical infrastructures and manufacturing depend. As the source of innovative technology, small business is also a powerful contributor to the cybersecurity tools available to the public and private sectors alike. Small businesses may be small, but their cybersecurity equities are enormous,\u201d&nbsp;said Sam Visner, Space ISAC Board Vice Chair and Aerospace Corporation Tech Fellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSmall businesses are innovative and perpetually demonstrate how instrumental they are in changing how we solve the biggest technological challenges, and we will need to encourage these same innovative solutions to explore and survive in space. I applaud Sen Hickenlooper\u2019s team for endeavoring into cybersecurity services for small business.\u201d&nbsp;said Erin M. Miller, Space ISAC Executive Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a full video of the hearing, click&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sbc.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/hearings?ID=916CD922-CCB3-48C8-921E-CF698A99C046\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper chaired a\u00a0field hearing\u00a0of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Colorado Springs to explore how to support the cybersecurity needs of small businesses across the country. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=149933\" title=\"Hickenlooper Chairs Senate Committee Hearing in Colorado Springs on Cybersecurity, Small Business\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":149934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,48],"tags":[339,438,332],"class_list":["post-149933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-science-and-tech","tag-cybersecurity","tag-kevin-w-oneil-cybersecurity-education-and-research-center","tag-more-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-1.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-D0h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149933"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150227,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149933\/revisions\/150227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/149934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}