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White House Says Government, Industry Commitments Will Follow From Cyber Meeting

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 25th, 2021

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White House Says Government, Industry Commitments Will Follow From Cyber Meeting

President Joe Biden. Photo: White House

President Biden and a number of his senior officials Wednesday afternoon met with leaders of some of the nation’s key economic sectors to discuss how the federal government and private sector can work better together to strengthen cybersecurity across the country and the administration said there will be action items that follow. There will be announcements “across the key areas, significantly on technology and talent, made by the participants, both government and private sector,” a senior administration official said on…

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