Google, Microsoft and Others , Pledge Billions, To Help Improve US Cybersecurity.<br />Google, Microsoft and Others , Pledge Billions, To Help Improve US Cybersecurity.<br />Google, Microsoft and Others , Pledge Billions, To Help Improve US Cybersecurity.<br />Google, Microsoft and Others , Pledge Billions, To Help Improve US Cybersecurity.<br />On Aug. 25, tech CEOs from companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft met with President Biden at the White House.<br />The companies made various promises to help strengthen America's cybersecurity.<br />ranging from spending billions on <br />cyber infrastructure to offering <br />education and supply-chain aid.<br />The meeting comes after major cyberattacks have taken place against government agencies and energy systems such as the Colonial Pipeline.<br />The meeting comes after major cyberattacks have taken place against government agencies and energy systems such as the Colonial Pipeline.<br />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.<br />Google said it will work to strengthen cybersecurity and the software supply chain by spending more than $10 billion over the next five years.<br />The company also promised to train over 100,000 Americans in <br />data analytics and IT support.<br />Microsoft made a similar pledge but offered to spend $20 billion in the same amount of time.<br />Apple said it will work with suppliers to <br />"drive mass adoption of multi-factor authentication," among other measures.<br />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
