White House to announce new cyber initiatives with private sector

guest · Aug 25, 2021

White House to announce new cyber initiatives with private sector
August 25, 2021
https://therecord.media/white-house-to-announce-new-cyber-initiatives-with-private-sector/

The Biden administration and a roster of America’s largest private companies on Wednesday will announce a series of initiatives meant to address some of the country’s systemic cybersecurity problems, including workforce training and protection of critical infrastructure.

The agreements are expected to be released after a White House summit between President Joe Biden’s national security team and other senior administration officials and chief executives from tech companies including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and IBM, as well as leaders from the insurance, financial, energy, and education sectors.

“You will definitely be seeing a set of concrete announcements” from both the federal government and the private sector, a senior administration official told reporters on Tuesday.
“We need both to be successful,” said the official, who predicted the most significant announcements would focus on “technology and talent” before declining to offer any specific details about the forthcoming efforts.
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The meeting, which was announced last month by White House press secretary Jen Psaki, is the latest attempt by the administration to engage the private sector following a stream of cyberattacks over the past year, including the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline and the breach of software provider SolarWinds.
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guest · Aug 25, 2021

Tim Cook White House visit confirmed; Apple announcement might follow
August 25, 2021
https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/25/tim-cook-white-house-visit-security/

We learned earlier this week about a potential Tim Cook White House visit to attend a cybersecurity summit hosted by President Biden. Cook’s participation has now been confirmed by a list of attendees shared by an administration official, and could provide an excellent opportunity for Apple’s CEO to drive home the company’s stance on privacy and strong encryption.

A new report today also raises the possibility of a security-related announcement by Apple after the meeting has finished …
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The Biden administration sees the cybersecurity of critical national infrastructure as the shared responsibility of government and businesses, with federal agencies setting objectives and tech companies being required to develop systems to meet them.

The WSJ revealed some of the other CEOs attending, and said that at least some of the companies involved would make security-related announcements toward the end of the day.
It’s not known whether Apple will be one of these.
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to join executives at White House cybersecurity meeting -source
August 24, 2021
https://www.reuters.com/technology/...ouse-cybersecurity-meeting-source-2021-08-24/

Amazon Inc (AMZN.O) Chief Executive Andy Jassy will join tech executives at a White House meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss efforts by private companies to improve cybersecurity, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The source asked not to be identified as the information was not public.

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) Chief Executive Satya Nadella will also attend the White House cybersecurity event, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing sources. The chief executives of other large tech companies, banks, energy companies and water utilities, including Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google, International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N), Southern Co (SO.N) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) have also been invited, Bloomberg said.
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guest · Aug 25, 2021

Google and Microsoft promise billions to help bolster US cybersecurity
Apple and Amazon are also offering new security trainings and devices
August 25, 2021
https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/25/22642054/apple-amazon-google-microsoft-cybersecurity-billions

Tech companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft promised to help bolster US cybersecurity after a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday. The pledges vary by company but range from spending billions on cyber infrastructure to offering supply-chain aid and education.

Wednesday’s high-profile meeting with tech CEOs comes on the heels of major cyberattacks against US government agencies and energy infrastructure like the Colonial Pipeline.

“The reality is, most of our critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector, and the federal government can’t meet this challenge alone,” Biden said at Wednesday’s meeting.
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Apple announced that it would work with its suppliers to “drive mass adoption of multi-factor authentication” as well as providing new security trainings, incident response, and vulnerability remediation. Amazon plans to offer a multi-factor authentication device to all Amazon Web Services account holders for free and to make all of the company’s employee security awareness training available to the public at no cost.

Google said it would spend more than $10 billion over the next five years to strengthen US cybersecurity and the software supply chain.
Microsoft said that it would invest $20 billion in five years, making similar promises as Google.
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Wednesday’s meeting was attended by Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Apple CEO TIm Cook, IBM Chair and CEO Arvind Krishna, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, along with representatives from other industries like energy and education.
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guest · Aug 26, 2021

What did the White House and U.S. tech giants pledge to do on cyber, exactly?
August 26, 2021
https://therecord.media/what-did-the-white-house-and-u-s-tech-giants-pledge-to-do-on-cyber-exactly/

The White House and U.S tech giants on Wednesday made a host of commitments intended to boost the country’s cybersecurity.

“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,” President Joe Biden said at the beginning of the summit that was attended by chief executives from Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, IBM and leaders from a number of other sectors.

Here’s a rundown of the pledges that were made: [...]
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hawki · Aug 31, 2021

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Google and Microsoft promise billions to help bolster US cybersecurity
Apple and Amazon are also offering new security trainings and devices
August 25, 2021
https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/25/22642054/apple-amazon-google-microsoft-cybersecurity-billions
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"Microsoft, Google to Invest $30 Billion in Cybersecurity Over Next 5 Years

Google and Microsoft said they are pledging to invest a total of $30 billion in cybersecurity advancements over the next five years, as the U.S. government partners with private sector companies to address threats facing the country...

...the U.S. government on Wednesday announced a collaboration between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and industry partners to develop a new framework to improve the security and integrity of the technology supply chain, alongside plans to expand the Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative to secure natural gas pipelines..."

https://thehackernews.com/2021/08/microsoft-google-to-invest-30-billion.html

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