The White House will meet the executive of a leading technology company, including Google Google, Apple Inc.
and Amazon.com Inc., on Thursday to discuss the security of the software after the United States suffered several main cyberatack last year.
In December, the White House security advisor Jake Sullivan sent a letter to the chief executive of the technology company after the discovery of security vulnerabilities in open-source software called log4j that organizations around the world were used to record data in their applications.
In the letter, Sullivan noted that the open source software is widely used and managed by volunteers and is a “main national security problem”.
Thursday’s meeting, which will be organized by the representative of the National Security Advisor for Cyber & Emerging technology, Anne Neuberger, will discuss concerns around the security of open source software and how it can be improved, the White House said in a statement.
Other top technology companies present at the meeting will include IBM, Microsoft Corp, Meta Platforms Inc.
who have Facebook and Oracle Corp.
Government agencies, including the Homeland Security Department, the Department of Defense and the Department of Commerce, will also be present.
Cybersecurity has been a top priority for Biden administration after several major cyberattack last year, which exposes thousands of records held by government companies and institutions for hackers.
One hacking, which according to the US government is likely to be regulated by Russia, violates software made by Solarwinds and provides access to access to thousands of companies and government offices that use their products.
Hackers get access to e-mail in the Department of Justice, Justice and US Trade, and other agencies.
The frequency and impact of the growth of the attack encouraged the administration to issue executive orders last year which created reviewers and new software standards for government institutions.
The White House will meet the Executive of Apple, Amazon, IBM
