US President Joe Biden will host a meeting with the chiefs of some of the tech industry’s most influential companies on Wednesday, where they will discuss efforts to improve the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure following a dramatic surge in attacks in recent months.
Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that Apple’s Tim Cook, Amazon’s Andy Jassy and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella will attend the meeting.
Leaders from IBM, Google, JPMorgan Chase and the energy firm Southern Company have also been invited.
While precise details about the event are not known at this time, sources told Bloomberg that President Biden wants to discuss critical infrastructure entities’ efforts to improve cybersecurity and collaborations with the government. ‘Critical infrastructure’ in this case refers to banking firms, as well as energy, water and other utilities.
The government is also ready to collaborate with tech firms, to develop software to improve supply chain security.
Tim Cook has met with officials at the White House on several occasions in recent years. He was on a…
