11 Tech Firms to Partner With NIST Cyber Center; Patrick Gallagher Comments
Eleven technology companies from the technology industry have signed partnerships with a National Institute of Standards Technology-hosted cybersecurity center that will aim to defend private sector assets from cyber threats. The Rockville, Md.-based National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence will work with industry, academic and government leaders to help businesses solve problems related to cybersecurity. Government [...]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced in February that it will partner with the state of Maryland to establish a cybersecurity center near NIST’s Gathersburg, Md. headquarters. NIST said the center will handle cases for interoperable cybersecurity templates related to health information technology, cloud computing, mobility and cryptography. The Commerce Department has now announced the center [...]
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is partnering with the state of Maryland and Montgomery County, Md. to establish a cybersecurity center near NIST’s Gaithersburg, Md. campus. NIST said on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding with state and county representatives to establish the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. NIST said the center [...]
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A Gaithersburg, Md., man received a seven-year prison sentence for engaging in a scheme to defraud Cisco Systems Inc., the Justice Department announced. Iheanyi Frank Chinasa, 39, also was ordered to pay restitution of $18,761,825 with co-defendant Robert Kendrick Chambliss, 31, and to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term. Chinasa was convicted [...]
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New Bill to Fuel $100 Million Investment in Maryland’s Innovation Economy
February 22, 2011 1 CommentMore than 400 entrepreneurs, educators and business leaders convened in Annapolis, Md., last week to show support for an initiative that aims to inject $100 million into the state’s Innovation Economy, which includes cybersecurity, biotechnology and environmentally friendly technology. Touted by experts as a national model, InvestMaryland seeks to create a public-private partnership to boost [...]
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Anne Arundel county school officials say Meade High School will soon be the site of their first curriculum developed to meet the demand for a much-needed cybersecurity workforce, according to HometownAnnapolis.com. Uncovering the plan last week during a forum on the regional impact on cybersecurity, county school officials said they expect to debut the curriculum [...]
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Lockheed Martin’s Charles Croom Talks Cyber at Upcoming ‘Visionaries’ Forum
February 7, 2011 No CommentLockheed Martin’s Vice President of Cyber Security Solutions Charles Croom has been announced as a featured speaker at the upcoming UMBC Visionaries in IT Forum, a four-part breakfast series developed to help elevate the prominence and recognition of Maryland as a critical hub of information and emerging technologies. Croom, whose presentation is titled “The State [...]
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A Maryland senator introduced legislation this week that would require the development and adoption of minimum cybersecurity standards to protect Americans from cyber crime and terrorism. The Internet and Cybersecurity Safety Standards Act, crafted by Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., would require the federal government and industry to collaborate to develop minimum Internet standards for [...]
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University of Maryland Baltimore County is partnering with one of the largest defense contractors, Northrop Grumman, to create a new incubator tailored to the specific challenge of developing technology to protect the nation from cyber threats. The Northrop Grumman Cync Program will build on bwtech@UMBC’s business-incubation framework by offering a “scholarship program” for companies with [...]
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