Reminder: Cilluffo to testify before U.S. Senate committee on March 5

Frank Cilluffo, director of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on Thursday, March 5, at 9 a.m. CT in a hearing entitled “Threats Posed by State-Owned and State-Supported Enterprises to Public Transportation.”

As part of his testimony, Cilluffo will provide the committee with views on the threats state-owned and state-supported enterprises pose to public transportation, context for why the threats are imminent and in need of being addressed without delay, and policy recommendations to address these threats in respect to the banking committee's
jurisdiction over public transportation.
 
To watch the hearing, visit https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/threats-posed-by-state-owned-and-state-supported-enterprises-to-public-transportation.
 
Cilluffo is a member of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission and the Department of Homeland Security’s Advisory Council, and he’s routinely called upon to advise senior officials in the executive branch, U.S. Armed Services and state and local governments on an array of matters related to national and homeland security strategy and policy. In addition to briefing Congressional committees and their staffs, he has publicly testified before Congress on numerous occasions, serving as a subject matter expert on policies related to cyber threats, counterterrorism, security and deterrence, weapons proliferation, organized crime, intelligence and threat assessments, emergency management and border and transportation security. Similarly, he works with U.S. allies and organizations such as NATO and Europol. He has presented at a number of bi-lateral and multi-lateral summits on cybersecurity and countering terrorism, including the U.N. Security Council.
 
Members of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs include U.S. Senators Richard Shelby and Doug Jones, both of Alabama.