Joe Biden, the President of the United States of America, urged private sector partners to strengthen their cyber defenses immediately on Monday.
The President cited new evidence indicating that Russia might conduct hostile cyber operations against the United States in a matter of days.
Biden, on the other hand, promised that his government will employ every weapon at its disposal to prevent, disrupt, and, if necessary, respond to cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.
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According to CNN, the American president recognized in a statement on Monday that “the Federal Government can’t guard against this threat alone.”
“The private sector owns and operates the majority of America’s vital infrastructure, and critical infrastructure owners and operators must speed efforts to lock their digital doors,” the President added.
“The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been actively working with organizations across critical infrastructure to rapidly share information and mitigation guidance to help protect their systems and networks.”
Biden said that right from his first day in office his administration has done well to strengthen the US national cyber defenses.
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He said the US congress has supported his administration in the efforts, while calling on the members of Congress to do more in this sense.
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