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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Maryland Pushes Envelope with Cybersecurity Employment

The state placed third in the nation in the number of cybersecurity jobs available.

A new study shows cybsecurity jobs are booming, and Maryland is among the nation's fastest growing regions in the field. The latest Cyber Jobs Report issued by the Cyber Technology and Innovation Center (CTIC) placed Baltimore City as third in the nation—just behind Palo Alto, CA, and San Francisco, CA—in the number of available cybersecurity jobs. "If you’re interested in protecting the nation’s digital highway, Maryland is the place to be," said Gov. Martin O'Malley. The study searched more than 340,000 cybsercurity jobs available across the country, and found Maryland had 19,413 job openings—of those, 13,000 were in Baltimore City.  Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) has been planting the roots for cybersecurity training in Anne …

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

AACC Cybersecurity Team Tests Mettle Internationally

AACC officials have made cybersecurity training a priority over the past few years, and they've expanded their course offerings.

For the second year in a row, Anne Arundel Community College's team of cybsersecurity experts placed first among community colleges in an international competition. The Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center's (DC3) Digital Forensics Challenge is a competition pitting more than 1,200 teams of computer enthusiasts against modern security problems. The teams are scored on how they circumvent challenges such as cracking passwords, file encryption, recovering digital evidence, while also testing their understanding of legal authority, proper documentation and report-writing techniques. This year’s team, the “Mad Hatters,” included Marcelle Lee of Severna Park and Dustin Shirley of Odenton. Both take a cyberforensics class taught by Dawn …

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