Biden tells CEOs they have ‘patriotic oblig.’ to guard against RU cyberattacks

Source: The Hill | March 21, 2022 | Alex Gangitano

Biden tells CEOs they have ‘patriotic obligation’ to guard against Russian cyberattacks

President Biden on Monday called on top business executives to build up their companies’ capacity to deal with potential cyberattacks from Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the invasion of Ukraine.

“It’s not just in your interests that are at stake with the potential use of cybersecurity, it’s in the national interest’s stake, and I would respectfully suggest it’s a patriotic obligation for you to invest as much as you can in making sure — and we will help in any way — that you have built up your technologic capacity to deal with cyberattacks,” Biden said at the Business Roundtable’s quarterly meeting on Monday evening. 

Biden said that investing in technology to fight back against such an attack would protect companies, keep up providing critical services and help secure Americans’ privacy.

He said that cyberattacks are one of the tools Putin is “most likely to use.” The White House on Monday urged private companies to bolster their cyber defenses, citing evolving intelligence suggesting the Russian government is exploring potential cyberattacks. 

“He has a capability, he hasn’t used it yet, but it’s part of his playbook,” Biden said in his remarks to the Business Roundtable.

The president suggested, for example, that banks could help by turning on additional cybersecurity measures for every customer by default.

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