The Biden Administration held a summit on August 25 with technology, finance, energy and education leaders to discuss ways to bolster cybersecurity, both for individual companies and the nation as a whole. Companies represented included some of technology’s biggest names such as Apple, Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft.
Some organizations announced commitments to improve security controls and practices across the supply chain and to invest in education. Apple committed to working with suppliers to drive the adoption of measures such as multifactor authentication and event logging. Google plans to invest $10 billion on zero-trust programs, software supply chain security and open-source security.
Following the event, (ISC)2 conducted a quick online poll of 105 global cybersecurity practitioners to gauge their reaction. Respondents from 43 countries supplied answers to the question: “What is your assessment of the summit at the White House and the cybersecurity commitments made by some of the world’s largest technology companies?” Following are some of the reactions that were reported.
Overall, responses fell into one of three buckets. The first is from those respondents who think this is a positive step in the right direction. The second fall into the category of “cautiously optimistic” but wanting to see more. And the third could be categorized as deeply skeptical of the effectiveness of such initiatives and questioning of public and private sector participants’ motives.
A Good Start
A prevailing sentiment was that the summit represented a good first step – “outstanding,” according to one respondent – to addressing pervasive cyber threats such as ransomware. One respondent called the summit “an essential step towards strengthening our nation's cybersecurity posture.”
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