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Lt Gen David Deptula, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; was the keynote speaker for a UAV Roundtable sponsored by the Dayton Development Coalition on 25 Jan 2010.

V Adm Mike McConnell (ret), Former Director of National Intelligence, addressed Booz Allen Hamilton's Cyber Industry Day at ATIC on 9 Nov 2009.

Former Intelligence Chief: U.S. Would Lose Cyberwar (Infoweek, 2/23/10)

The risk of a catastrophic cyberattack is approaching the gravity of the nuclear risk, according to the Bush administration's top spy. Michael McConnell, former director of national intelligence, warns that the threat of a cyberattack rivals nuclear weapons in terms of seriousness. Mr. McConnell will deliver the keynote address at NSI's IMPACT '10 national security forum on April 26. (http://nsi.org/impact-keynote.html)

"The cyber risk has become so important that, in my view, it rivals nuclear weapons in terms of seriousness," Michael McConnell, former DNI, said Tuesday at a hearing of the Senate committee on commerce, transportation, and technology. McConnell warned in striking terms that the United States was not prepared either for cyber warfare or cyber criminals. "If the nation went to war today in a cyberwar, we would lose," he said. "We're the most vulnerable, we're the most connected, and we have the most to lose." In addition, McConnell predicted that the United States will suffer a catastrophic cyberattack before it takes strong action, and said that America's cyber posture will be strengthened greatly after any attack. He added that the strongest action should focus on securing financial transactions and the financial sector.

Mr Pat Neary, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), briefed on the ODNI Community Vision at ATIC on 8 Oct 2009.