[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 194 (Friday, December 16, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2287-E2288]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   RECOGNIZING RADM MICHAEL A. BROWN

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                         HON. DANIEL E. LUNGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 16, 2011

  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to 
recognize Rear Admiral Michael A. Brown for his distinguished service 
to the Government of the United States as the Director, Cybersecurity 
Coordination, National Protection and Programs Directorate, and Senior 
Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Representative to the 
National Security Agency and the United States Cyber Command from 
December 2010 to January 2012.
  Rear Admiral Brown is a national level leader on cybersecurity, a 
matter of highest importance to the nation's national security, 
homeland defense and economic competitiveness. Since the Department of 
Defense and the Department of Homeland Security each bring different 
authorities, capabilities and cultures to this national challenge, the 
nation needed an astute solution provider and consensus builder in each 
of these areas. Handpicked to bridge the two leading Departments in 
this mission space, he quickly earned the respect of each due to his 
intellect, skill and determination for national-level solutions and 
brought the Departments closer together.
  Rear Admiral Brown's sound advice routinely developed and informed 
policy and operations positions taken by senior decision makers at the 
national level, thereby advancing national and international 
cybersecurity policy and critical legislative proposals needed to 
change the nation's antiquated cybersecurity-related laws. Few people 
had a bigger role at increasing the understanding and appreciation of 
the complexity and relationship between policy, technology and 
operations required to secure our nation's public and private 
infrastructure.
  Rear Admiral Brown's leadership was crucial in the execution of a 
first-of-its-kind government-wide boundary cyber defense system to 
which the U.S.'s foreign intelligence system would be connected, to 
setting the course to transform DHS's cyber operational centers into 
national assets, to creating the public-private partnerships necessary 
to jointly operate to mitigate extraordinarily pressing nation state, 
crime, and hacktivist cyber threats.
  The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center was 
another of his notable achievements providing the vision and execution 
to make it operational. Both a warrior and innovative thinker, he 
seamlessly worked with government and private sector counterparts to 
strengthen and support operational partnerships.
  During a perilous time for our nation, in which our adversaries' 
ability and will to steal and control our national assets through 
cyberspace often far outpaces our posture to stop it, Rear Admiral 
Brown helped set the necessary strategic direction by unifying the 
Federal Executive branch, state and local government, the U.S. critical 
infrastructure community, and the private sector. His leadership 
culminated in a White House-supported effort that defined a national 
plan for unified public and private response to malicious activity 
under the National Cyber Incident Response Plan.

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  Our thanks also go to his wife, Therese L. Brown and his children 
Michael R. Brown, Meghan T. Brown and Lauren M. Brown. Their support 
and sacrifice on behalf of our Nation should be recognized along with 
Rear Admiral Brown's tremendous hard work.

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