Amazon CEO Said to Join Executives at White House Cybersecurity Meeting

Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy will be a part of tech executives at a White House assembly with President Joe Biden on Wednesday to debate efforts by personal corporations to enhance cybersecurity, a supply accustomed to the matter advised Reuters.

The supply requested to not be recognized as the data was not public.

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella will even attend the White House cybersecurity occasion, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing sources.

The chief executives of different massive tech corporations, banks, power corporations, and water utilities, together with Alphabet’s Google, International Business Machines, Southern, and JPMorgan Chase have additionally been invited, Bloomberg stated.

Apple, IBM, Microsoft, and JPMorgan didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark exterior common working hours. Google didn’t touch upon who would attend and referred to the White House for extra particulars past final month’s announcement.

In July, US President Joe Biden signed a nationwide safety memorandum, launching a brand new public-private initiative that creates “performance controls” for cybersecurity at America’s most crucial corporations, together with water therapy and electrical energy vegetation. The announcement got here after a number of high-profile cyberattacks this yr crippled American corporations and authorities businesses, together with a ransomware incident which disrupted gasoline provides.

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