Fort Meade Alliance focuses on cyber security at 4th annual Education and Workforce Development Forum
The Fort Meade Alliance hosted its 4th annual Education and Workforce Development Forum Tuesday to provide government and industry insight from the front lines of cyber security and identify what needs to be done by educational institutions, workforce development organizations and private industry to win the nation's cyber security fight.
More than 250 government and industry specialists, educators and workforce development representatives gathered at the Kossiakoff Conference and Education Center at the Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory for Cyber Security: Key to the Future.
This unprecedented event brought together the region’s most influential leaders in cyber security including Deborah Bonanni, Chief of Staff for the National Security Agency and Jenny Menna, Director for Critical Infrastructure, Cyber Protection & Awareness, Department of Homeland Security, as well as government officials who understand the importance of our nation’s cyber security — Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger and Congressman John Sarbanes.
The morning program was comprised of three panels of representatives from U.S. Cyber Command, NSA and DISA, as well as industry leaders from Constellation Energy, HP, Lockheed Martin, ManTech, SAIC, TASC, TeleCommunication Systems and the Federal Reserve.
