Category: cybersecurity
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Tech Industry seeks more Black Coders
SEATTLE, WA — For years there have been programs designed to get more girls involved in tech careers, but Microsoft noticed an urgent need to step up industry’s support for minority males. The firm’s MANCODE initiative is scoped as a one day technology conference that educates middle and high school minority males about technology. According…
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Tech Titans honored during Washington’s 40th Anniversary Community & Technology Awards
Industry Legends and ‘Hidden Figure$’ welcome America’s next generation of coders to community trade associations WASHINGTON (bdpatoday) – This year’s annual Community & Technology Awards gala, co-hosted by the District of Columbia’s Small Business Development Center (DC SBDC), celebrated a 40-year milestone reached by National BDPA’s Washington, D.C. Chapter (BDPA-DC). (L-R) Norman Mays, Founder,…
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Bowie State Cybersecurity Academy to Prepare Individuals for Tech Careers
New Academy to Train Highly Skilled Professionals to Fight Nation’s Cyber Threats BOWIE, MD – Individuals looking to prepare for a technology career focused on protecting the nation from cyber threats can take courses to earn valuable industry certifications through the new Bowie State University Cybersecurity Academy. Dr. Aminta H. Breaux (top), President, Bowie State University, welcomes Public and Private…
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HUBL’s Whitney Griffith Wins Big in Silicon Valley
World Blockchain Hackathon 2018 and Howard University
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Google pledges $1 Billion to prepare workers for tech jobs
PITTSBURGH, PA // BDPA Pittsburgh // – CNET reported Thursday, October 12, 2017, Google’s introduction of $1 billion in new initiatives aimed at training and educating workers to help them find jobs and grow their businesses during a Grow with Google event. Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai (above) stated the search giant will spend the money…
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President Elevates U.S. Cyber Command to Unified Combatant Command
WASHINGTON — At the direction of the president, the Defense Department today (18 AUG 17) initiated the process to elevate U.S. Cyber Command to a unified combatant command (UCC). “This new unified combatant command will strengthen our cyberspace operations and create more opportunities to improve our nation’s defense,” President Donald J. Trump said in a written statement.…
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H.O.P.E. Project DMV inks Training and Consulting deal with Goodwill
WASHINGTON—The HOPE Project DMV has signed a consulting and training deal with Goodwill Industries International. Their first project launches later this month during BDPA-DC’s Innovate DMV week (#InnovateDMV17) where 20 Goodwill employees from nine U.S. cities will attend a two-day workshop at the HOPE Training Facility in the District of Columbia on building, maintaining, and…
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22-Year-Old Marcus Hutchins helped US thwart global ‘WannaCry’ Hack
ILFRACOMBE, England —Marcus Hutchins and other computer experts around the world worked throughout this past weekend fighting a vast “ransomware” attack paralyzing computers in at least 150 countries. Before ‘WannaCry‘ struck, AP reports Hutchins was just another young man “doing his bit to stop botnets.” Hutchins, who lives with his parents, recently is shown amid…
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Congress Introduces “Active Cyber Defense Certainty” Act
Washington, D.C.—Representative Tom Graves (R-GA-14) proposed the Active Cyber Defense Certainty (ACDC) Act. The bill makes changes to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) to allow the use of limited defensive measures that exceed the boundaries of one’s network in an attempt to identify and stop attackers. Once a cybercriminal is identified, the victim…
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NCWF: Public Comments Due 06 JAN 17
WASHINGTON (US-CERT.gov) — The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) developed the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NCWF) to define the cybersecurity workforce and provide a common taxonomy and lexicon by which to classify, code, and categorize workers. The Workforce Framework lists and defines over 30 specialty areas and 50 work roles that comprise cybersecurity work…