February 23, 2015
Earlier this month the White House held the White House Cybersecurity Summit at Stanford University. This was meant to bring together privacy and security experts, law enforcement, techcompanies, and other interested parties with a goal of developing ways to move forward while striking a balance between privacy and security.
Many invitations went out to tech companies, but only Tim Cook made an appearance. After the summit, the White House released information about the actions it would take, including offering Apple Pay as a feature of federally issued debit and credit cards.