SolarWinds was a cybersecurity wakeup call, says Microsoft's president

The Russian government has denied involvement in the attack.

Today’s cyberthreats are “more complicated and more challenging” than ever before, Smith said.

Part of the solution, Smith says, lies in both government and businesses investing more in cybersecurity.

And that includes growing a larger workforce that can fill the hundreds of thousands of vacantcybersecurity jobsin the US.

But that’s tough to do if companies don’t have the cybersecurity workforce they need.