BALTIMORE, August 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Baltimore Cyber Range LLC. and Cyberbit
Ltd., the world's leading provider of cybersecurity training and
simulation platforms, today announced the opening of the new
Baltimore Cyber Range (BCR) cybersecurity training and simulation
center in Baltimore, MD. Powered
by the Cyberbit Range platform, this hands-on cybersecurity
training center will provide simulation training for cybersecurity
professionals in protecting national assets and infrastructure
against cyberattacks. The opening comes 10 months after the project
was announced during Maryland
Governor Larry Hogan's trade mission
to Israel in September 2016.
"I am very pleased to celebrate the
opening of Baltimore Cyber Range. With our skilled workforce,
world-class academic community, and proximity to the federal
government, Maryland has truly
become the cyber capital of the world," said Governor Hogan. "This
state-of-art center will help ensure that even more Marylanders are
fully trained and prepared to meet the demands of 21st century
jobs."
Labor statistics highlight a critical
shortage of capable IT and cybersecurity professionals. Data shows
that more than 200,000 U.S. cybersecurity jobs are currently
unfilled and the shortage is projected to grow to more than 1.5
million unfilled positions by 2019. This shortage presents a
workforce issue for Maryland
employers and Governments creating employment opportunities
for Maryland residents possessing
appropriate cybersecurity skills.
The BCR represents a significant
advancement in cyber training technology, a state-of-the-art
cybersecurity training center. Leveraging the Cyberbit Range
platform, the BCR facility allows cybersecurity practitioners the
opportunity to experience the latest real-world cyber threats in a
controlled and sequestered environment to improve their hands-on
skills. The range, which can simulate large-scale virtual networks
and attacks based on real-world incidents, can also pinpoint system
vulnerabilities and help users develop countermeasures and improved
protocols for dealing with cyber-attacks on critical network
systems. As a result, cybersecurity practitioners benefit from
receiving real-time training for threat detection, and the response
process, enabling them to dramatically improve the performance of
all security and SOC teams. Individuals will also benefit from the
opportunity to accelerate their security certifications.
"Working with Cyberbit and Governor
Hogan's administration to bring this new cyber training technology
to Maryland has been an
unbelievable opportunity," said Michael
Doyle, President of Baltimore Cyber Range. "The range has
demonstrated the potential to dramatically improve the skills and
experience of those working to protect our national IT
infrastructure. It also represents a key element of our ongoing
efforts to provide the Maryland
workforce the skills and knowledge required to address the skilled
cybersecurity workforce shortage."
"We congratulate the Baltimore Cyber
Range and the State of Maryland
for opening the new training and simulation facility today," said
Adi Dar, CEO of Cyberbit. "We see a
rapidly-growing need for hands-on cybersecurity training in private
and public-sector organizations worldwide, and are excited to see
the Baltimore Range pioneering this activity in Maryland."
To learn more about Cyberbit's Cyber
Range platform, please visit:
https://www.cyberbit.com/solutions/cyber-range/ or email
sales@cyberbit.com. For company news and updates, follow us on
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About the Baltimore Cyber
Range
The Baltimore Cyber Range is located in
the SPARK building at the Power Plant Live square in downtown
Baltimore. The facility is part of
the new Intrusion Countermeasures Education and Training (ICE-T)
Consortium, formed by Electronic Technology Associates, llc of
Baltimore to provide Maryland residents the skills and training
required to obtain an initial IT position and or significantly
enhance the skill set of the existing Maryland IT / Cyber
workforce. The consortium includes nine private and three public
companies. Centrally located in Baltimore - close to the federal government's
cyber-related activities in Washington,
D.C., at Fort Meade, Md.,
and at Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Md. - the Baltimore Cyber Range offers cybersecurity
professionals the convenience of training with the most current
cyber warfare strategies, close to home. To learn more about the
facility, please visit: http://baltimorecyberrange.com/ or email
CustomerService@BaltimoreCyberRange.com
About Cyberbit
Created to protect the most high-risk
organizations in the world, Cyberbit secures enterprises and
critical infrastructure against advanced cyberthreats. The
company's battle-hardened cybersecurity solutions detect, analyze
and respond to the most advanced, complex and targeted threats
across IT and OT (operational technology) networks. Cyberbit
employs a diverse team from both the public and private sector,
including researchers, mathematicians, former CISOs and SOC
managers, as well as seasoned veterans of the intelligence and
military communities. With offices in Texas, Singapore, Munich and Israel, and presence worldwide, Cyberbit is a
subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT and TASE: ESLT). To
learn more about how Cyberbit maximizes protection against today's
signature-less threats, visit https://www.cyberbit.com
Additional resources
- Request a demo of Cyberbit Range, the most widely deployed
cybersecurity training and simulation platform.
- Learn more about Cyberbit's cybersecurity technology.
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(@CYBERBITHQ).
Contacts:
Dalia Rosen, VP, Head of
Corporate Communications, Tel: +972-4-831-6784, Fax:
+972-4-831-5420, E-mail: dalia.rosen@elbitsystems.com
For Cyberbit, PAN Communications,
Alexandra Evans,
+1-617-502-4300,Cyberbit@pancomm.com
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