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Cybersecurity continues to take center stage on Capitol Hill as several high-profile private companies announced initiatives to help strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity, including a $30 billion investment from Google and Microsoft.
Business leaders, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, met with the Biden Administration in an effort to discuss how the private sector and government can work together in an effort to advance the nation’s cybersecurity. Representatives from Amazon, Microsoft, ADP, JP Morgan, Bank of America, TIIA Bank and U.S. Bancorp were also in attendance. The summit reportedly focused on maturing existing cybersecurity efforts, protecting critical infrastructure and the cybersecurity workforce itself.
"Most of our critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector, and the federal government can't meet this challenge alone," President Biden told participants at the summit. "I've invited you all here today because you have the power, the capacity and the responsibility, I believe, to raise the bar on cybersecurity."
Following the event, the White House released a press release sharing some of the outcomes and commitments from the private sector, including:
The Biden Administration also committed to several new initiatives, including:
You can view the full press release, including the complete listing of participant announced commitments and initiatives at www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/25/fact-sheet-biden-administration-and-private-sector-leaders-announce-ambitious-initiatives-to-bolster-the-nations-cybersecurity/.
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