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D E C E M B E R 5, 2 0 1 1
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Collaboration cultivates workforce readiness
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Hicks Heads MD's Cybersecurity Center
Dr. Michael Hicks’ diverse private and academic background serves him well as the newly appointed director of the University of Maryland’s Cybersecurity Center (MC2). This interdisciplinary center offers new academic programs and educates future cyber workers on network attacks. Hicks started his career at ARINC as a software engineer and scientist before moving to the NEC Research Institute. He originally came to College Park as Associate Professor of the Computer Science Department. As the inaugural director, he will lead MC2’s education, along with training and research, while working to expand the center.
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CyberPoint Forges Foreign Deals
CyberPoint founder and CEO Karl Gumtow accompanied Governor O’Malley and a 100-member trade delegation to India last week. While there, the Baltimore-based company inked an agreement with Appin Security Group to jointly develop new enterprise-level security solutions for mobile devices. The companies will collaborate on R&D to fill critical enterprise-level security gaps in the mobile marketplace. The deal is expected to create new jobs in Baltimore and New Delhi and generate revenue opportunities valued at $10 million.
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CIC Cyber Company Invests in Ideas
MKS Innovations’ approach to cybersecurity might seem backwards to some. Rather than first identifying a problem and then finding a solution, the company instead breaks down successful products and processes to determine how they might be repurposed to provide security-related value in new and innovative ways. Founded by Gary Miller, who served in counterintelligence in both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army, the company is a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business. Headquartered in the Chesapeake Innovation Center, MKS serves both commercial and government clients.
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War Games Sharpen Cyber Skills
Some 300 good guys and bad guys – representing the U.S. Cyber Command and the cyber commands of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps – recently went head to head on the cyber battlefield, in a mock attack on the Command’s networks. Engaging in offensive maneuvers, the bad guys attempted to infiltrate and infect the networks while the good guys defended and thwarted the attacks. Cyber Chief General Keith B. Alexander noted that the exercise showcased the Command’s cybersecurity defense capabilities and exceeded his expectations.
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Collaboration Cultivates Workforce Readiness
According to a recent study commissioned by the Intl. Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, more than 700,000 IT professionals will be needed in the Americas by 2015. To fuel that pipeline, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Education are collaborating with the National Cyber Security Alliance to establish and encourage cybersecurity education programs in K-12, universities and technical training institutions. Their effort targets a broad coalition of public and private organizations to identify, recommend, and develop workforce and education guidelines.
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UMUC Offers Cyber Degrees
Designated by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, University of Maryland University College now offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs – as well as three graduate certificates – in cybersecurity and cybersecurity policy. The new curriculum, which is offered online, provides advanced training in a format flexible enough to accommodate students who work full-time. More than 3,000 students have enrolled in the programs since they were launched in fall 2010.
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