Biden calls cybersecurity 'core national security challenge' in meeting with tech, education and critical infrastructure leaders
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Business leaders from key sectors of the economy pledged to help harden the country against cyberattacks on Wednesday following a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House, where he described cybersecurity as a "core national security challenge" and cited recent high-profile attacks on US businesses that have disrupted life for everyday Americans.
The hours-long cybersecurity summit marked the Biden administration's most visible engagement yet with private sector leaders amid a wave of ransomware and other cyberattacks that have ratcheted up tensions with US adversaries and prompted the President to issue an executive order in May shoring up federal IT security. "We've seen time and again how the technologies we rely on, from our cell phones to pipelines, the electric grid, can become targets of hackers and criminals," Biden said in opening remarks to gathered CEOs from Silicon Valley, the water and energy sectors, the banking and insurance industries and academic institutions, who all wore masks at the in-person event.More Related News