After more than a year, where the United States faced numerous cyber attacks hospitals, banks, and almost almost anything else, Is President Joe Biden turn to the best tech players for tips. Bloomberg was first to report that Biden is scheduled to meet this Wednesday with CEOs from Apple, Microsoft and Amazon to discuss private sector efforts to bolster its cybersecurity.
Citing “people familiar with the matter,” Bloomberg reported that Apple’s Tim Cook, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Amazon’s Andy Jassy are scheduled to attend a White House event scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. (“People familiar with the matter” also confirmed to Gizmodo that Jassy would attend the meeting.) Meanwhile, CNBC reported that IBM CEO Arvind Krishna would also be at the meeting.
According to reports, they are also the main culprits of other major companies, including banks and energy companies in the invitation list. Bloomberg reported that JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has received an invitation and that Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning plans to attend.
Upon reaching the comments, Amazon refused to do so publicly comment on the meeting. A The Microsoft spokesman referred Gizmodo to the White House. The White House, IBM, Apple and JP Morgan did still unresponsive in requests for comments.
Bloomberg no get the details that these executives would be talking about during their stay in the White House, but given that this is Biden, it’s worth taking on. ”infrastructures“It will be the first on the list. Last month, the White House issued a National Security Memorandum this was intended to help certain important private sector actors, such as the aforementioned banks, set “new standards” to strengthen their cybersecurity strongholds.
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It seems as if Biden is trying to shorten these CEOs to help him achieve this. A senior official told Bloomberg that executives “will likely discuss how software can improve supply chain security.”
And frankly, the supply chain needs all the help it can get. When cyberattacks hit these infrastructure strongholds, jobs are lost, gas prices to climb, and water supplies are obtained from entire cities poisoned. Unless the Biden administration manages to control these hacks as soon as possible, things will only get worse.