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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WASHINGTON — Pro-business legislation aimed at helping companies fend off sophisticated foreign hackers sailed through the House on Thursday despite a White House veto threat and an outcry from privacy advocates and civil liberties groups that say it leaves Americans ...

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Lockheed Martin Corp. will host emerging cyber leaders from U.S. and Canadian military service academies to test their capabilities this week against experts from the National Security Agency in the annual Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX).

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A cybersecurity conference is being held in Baltimore to discuss commercial developments in the field. Gov. Martin O’Malley and retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden are scheduled to speak at the event on Monday. Hayden is a former National Security ...

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Industry, government and academic cybersecurity experts convened at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg for a two-day workshop to establish a research agenda to address threats and vulnerabilities across multiple domains for a wide array of systems ...

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General Dynamics Corp., of Falls Church, Va., announced the opening of a new cybersecurity laboratory in Columbia. The Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions lab is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to helping commercial and public sector customers prevent, contain and analyze cyber attacks. ...

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Northrop Grumman Corp., a defense company whose Electronic Systems unit is located in Linthicum, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, have expanded the Cync program, a cybersecurity technology incubator initiative, to include three additional companies, among them the program's first international cyber provider.

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