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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Maryland’s HBCU Cyber Warrior Diversity Program


Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Morgan State University’s School of Business and Management, I was proud to participate in the signing of Northrop Grumman Corporation and Digit All City’s Partnership Under Defense Contracting Management Agency (DCMA’s) Mentor-Protégé Program. I was deeply honored when I was asked to speak at the event.

Digit All City, a small disadvantaged business, will be able to train, test and provide Cyber Security certifications in accordance with Department of Defense (DoD) 8570 Information Assurance Workforce Improvement (IAWI) Program) on two Maryland HBCU campuses, Morgan State University and Coppin State University.

Senator Barbara A. Robinson, President David Wilson, program partners, faculty and students at Morgan State University for the signing of Northrop Grumman Corporation and Digit All City’s Partnership Under Defense Contracting Management Agency (DCMA’s) Mentor-Protégé Program.

This partnership will be the first in the country to bring the Cyber Security Pilot to a HBCU. The Cyber Security field is only 3% African American. Diversity is needed in this sector.

The Cyber Warrior Diversity Program with participation from Morgan State University and Coppin State University will provide cyber security training and certification testing in accordance with Department of Defense (DoD) 8570. DoD 8570 provides the basis for any enterprise-wide solution to train, qualify, and manage the DoD Information Assurance (IA) workforce. The primary goal of this program is to comply with DoD 8570 Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program providing Cyber Security computer training and testing at HBCU’s. Students will be placed in internships and careers in the defense industry. I was excited to see employers on site at Morgan ready to hire some of the young students prior to them completing the program.

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