Biden meets with Big Tech, Finance and Energy executives to respond to cyberattacks

The United States has also suffered several major cyber attacks that have brought to the surface the pressing urgency of an adjustment of resources to contain threats, both in the public and in the private sector. After the attack on software company SolarWinds which, according to data provided by the US company, affected about 18,000 customers, including various US Departments such as Justice, Treasury, State, Energy and Homeland Security and the ransomware hack that forced the Colonial Pipeline to shut down its pipeline that supplies about half of the country’s east coast and cities such as Atlanta, Washington and New York for several days, President Joe Biden has established a program of action that he foresees next week , a meeting with top executives from some of the largest technology, financial services, insurance, energy and education companies. Biden will meet with CEOs of Amazon, Apple, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Travelers, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and others to gather ideas and ways to secure US computer systems. There will be three working sessions. The first in-depth session will include leaders from energy, water and financial services in a discussion on the resilience of critical infrastructure. The talks will be led by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and the Secretary for Energy Jennifer Granholm. The second part of the meeting will include technology and insurance leaders on the topic of building a stable and durable cybersecurity under the leadership of the Secretary of the Commerce Department Gina Raimondo and the Small Business Administrator Isabel Guzman. The third session will cover Cybersecurity Workforce with education leaders and will be led by National Cyber ​​Director Chris Inglis.A senior administration official explained to reporters that concrete steps will emerge as a result of these meetings to strengthen security practices. Informatics. The goal will be to address the root causes of the attacks, such as vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure and 500,000 cybersecurity jobs in the United States. The country must aim to integrate cybersecurity into all technologies, including following the actions initiated in May by the Biden administration which signed an executive order to strengthen the security of government software by forcing IT service providers to report attacks and simplifying sharing of information.