Keith B. Alexander: “Our desired end state is to maintain and preserve the U.S. freedom of access to allow maneuver in cyberspace while…”

Neither the Government nor the private sector can capably protect their systems and networks without extensive and close cooperation.

Our country is extremely vulnerable, and those of us who have been briefed in classified settings on both offensive and defensive cyber understand the capability of this tool now.

We are extremely vulnerable to any form of terrorism by virtue of cyber means.

We see this as two roles: defend the Nation and protect our civil liberties and privacy.