Leaders of big technology companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft have pledged to help strengthen U.S. cybersecurity after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House on August 25 . Promises vary from company to company, but range from billions for cyber infrastructure to supply chain subsidies and education.
Wednesday’s large-scale meeting with technology executives
“The reality is that much of our critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector and the federal government alone cannot meet the requirements.” to this challenge, “Biden said at Wednesday’s meeting.
Apple has announced that it will work with its suppliers to” mass spread multi-factor authentication, “as well as new security training, incident management, and vulnerabilities. Amazon plans to offer a multi-factor authentication tool free of charge to all Amazon Web Services account holders and to make security awareness training available to all employees of the company free of charge.
Google has announced that over the next five years, more than $ 10 billion to strengthen U.S. cyber security and the software supply chain. Google has also promised to train more than 100,000 Americans in data analytics and IT support through the company’s career certification program. And Microsoft has made similar promises as Google has announced it will invest $ 20 billion in cyber security over five years.
Wednesday’s meeting was attended by Andy Jassy, CEO of Alphabet, Amazon CEO TIm Cook, Apple CEO Arvind Krishna, IBM president and CEO and Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, as well as representatives from other industries such as energy and education
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