Maryland U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski plans to participate in a signing ceremony at the National Institute of Standards and Technology for new private sector partners that will collaborate with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence on Monday, April 15.
According to a statement from the senator’s office:
The new partners will pledge to contribute hardware and software components and share cybersecurity best practices and personnel with the center in an effort to address current cybersecurity threats. Senator Mikulski will be joined by Governor Martin O’Malley, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, Commander of U.S. Cyber Command and NSA Chief General Keith B. Alexander, and Under Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology and NIST Director Patrick Gallagher …