Google, Microsoft and Others Pledge Billions To Help Improve US Cybersecurity
Google, Microsoft and Others Pledge Billions To Help Improve US Cybersecurity

Google, Microsoft and Others , Pledge Billions, To Help Improve US Cybersecurity.

Google, Microsoft and Others , Pledge Billions, To Help Improve US Cybersecurity.

Google, Microsoft and Others , Pledge Billions, To Help Improve US Cybersecurity.

Google, Microsoft and Others , Pledge Billions, To Help Improve US Cybersecurity.

On Aug.

25, tech CEOs from companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft met with President Biden at the White House.

The companies made various promises to help strengthen America's cybersecurity.

Ranging from spending billions on cyber infrastructure to offering education and supply-chain aid.

The meeting comes after major cyberattacks have taken place against government agencies and energy systems such as the Colonial Pipeline.

The meeting comes after major cyberattacks have taken place against government agencies and energy systems such as 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, President Joe Biden, via statement.

Google said it will work to strengthen cybersecurity and the software supply chain by spending more than $10 billion over the next five years.

The company also promised to train over 100,000 Americans in data analytics and IT support.

Microsoft made a similar pledge but offered to spend $20 billion in the same amount of time.

Apple said it will work with suppliers to "drive mass adoption of multi-factor authentication," among other measures.

Amazon will offer a multi-factor authentication device to all AWS account holders free of charge and make its employee security awareness training available to the public for free