Jolted by a sweeping hack that may have revealed government and corporate secrets to Russia, U.S. officials are scrambling to reinforce the nation’s cyber defenses and recognizing that an agency created two years ago to protect America’s networks and infrastructure lacks the money, tools and authority to counter such sophisticated threats.

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With cybersecurity scandals becoming increasingly prevalent — the 2017 Equifax data breach is just one example — the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law is providing non-lawyers with the legal knowledge they need to prevent and handle ...

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Researchers at Tenable have found vulnerabilities in security cameras made by Amazon.

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Bowie State University is partnering with a Virginia firm on cybersecurity workforce development.

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Bowie-based startup Trinity Cyber raised $23 million as it plans to expand its infrastructure and workforce as part of its plan to “hack the hackers.” Trinity wants to go after the “bad guys” rather than placing the blame for every ...

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EZShield and IdentityForce will be combined under a new name — Sontiq — the two cybersecurity companies announced Wednesday. Maryland-based EZShield acquired the Massachusetts-based Identity Force last year. The new combined company will be based in Nottingham, Maryland. “Sontiq is a natural ...

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Anne Arundel Community College students’ success in a national cybersecurity competition has underscored the importance of Maryland’s community colleges in developing the workforce for the  industry. The college performed among the best schools in the nation in the first phase ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan is taking steps to strengthen cybersecurity in Maryland in the wake of a cyberattack that hit the city of Baltimore's computer network.

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Bandura Cyber Inc., a cybersecurity company in Columbia, is looking to increase the sales of its network security product through a new sales partner program.

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Ninety percent of critical infrastructure security professionals surveyed say their environments had been damaged by at least one cyberattack over the past two years, according to a report released by Columbia cybersecurity firm Tenable Inc.

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