For the members of Team Chirontech, of Chiron Technology Services Inc., participating in the Maryland Cyber Challenge was not just about the cash prize and bragging rights that would have come with a win.

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With a $1.1 million grant from Northrop Grumman Corp., the University of Maryland, College Park, is working to generate a crop of cybersecurity professionals that are in high demand.

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In the interests of maintaining a civil society, it is time to establish protocol around the threats posed by hackers and how victims may retaliate. Once restricted to desktop computers, the culture of hacking today affects a wide variety of computing devices embedded in valuable assets and deadly equipment, including weapon systems, cars and homes.

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The University of Maryland and Northrop Grumman Corp. will jointly announce the launch of the Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students, the nation's first undergraduate cybersecurity honors program, on Sept. 25 at the Stamp Student Union on the university’s College Park campus.

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley has named a new secretary of the Maryland Department of Information Technology. The governor announced Thursday that Isabel FitzGerald will lead the department. FitzGerald has been the deputy secretary for operations at the Maryland Department ...

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Cisco said Tuesday that it reached a deal to buy computer network security company Sourcefire for about $2.37 billion in cash. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay $76 cash for each of the ...

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WASHINGTON — A former federal judge who served on a secret court overseeing the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programs denied Tuesday that the judges act as “rubber stamps.” But James Robertson said the system is flawed because of its ...

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Opinions of how business friendly a particular member of the Maryland General Assembly was this year might depend on which industry is opining.

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Dunbar Armored Inc. spent most of the past century making a name for itself identifying and overcoming threats to physical security.

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Maryland companies participated in fewer mergers and acquisitions during the first quarter of this year than during 11 of the past 12 quarters — but several experts said the raw numbers don’t tell the whole story.

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