It didn’t get much attention at the time -- and I was busy here writing about other issues that kept cropping up, waiting to address it -- but three weeks ago the Biden Administration did something critical that was largely ignored during the Trump years, whether through apathy or intent. But there was a major meeting at the White House to deal with cybersecurity in the country. And among the top business executives in attendance were some significant heavyweights: the leaders of Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google and IBM. At issue was how government and business can work together on cybersecurity.
Afterwards, the White House put out a press release that the National Institute of Standards and Technology “will collaborate with industry and other partners to develop a new framework to improve the security and integrity of the technology supply chain." More importantly, several of the company already pledged significant involvement. Among them: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the company will invest $20 billion on security solutions over the next 5 years, along with $150 million “to help US government agencies upgrade protections and expand our cybersecurity training partnerships." Google CEO Sundar Pichai said they would over $10 billion during the next five years in cybersecurity efforts, among them helping secure the supply chain and strengthening open-source security. Additionally, Google will expand "zero-trust" programs, whereby companies don't automatically trust any person or device. And also, they pledged to train 100,000 Americans in tech support and data analytics – and they said they would train another 10 million Americans in a range of digital skills over the next two years. And IBM said that it would train 150,00 people in cybersecurity by the end of 2024. Clearly, this is not The Solution – nor are these the only initiatives to come out of the meeting. But given the lack of attention on cybersecurity by the government over the past four years, it’s a strong start on something so deeply necessary.
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