14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier this week, we reported that security firm McAfee joined the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, a public-private partnership hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
McAfee is not the only one to join the center. A total of 11 private companies have become partners of the Cybersecurity Center of Excellence this week.
The list of new partners includes Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, HyTrust, Intel, McAfee, Microsoft Federal Civilian Services, RSA, Splunk, Symantec, Vanguard Integrity Professionals and Venafi.
All of the aforementioned companies have pledged not only to contribute with hardware and software resources, but also to share information and personnel with the center.
“Cybersecurity is one of the toughest technical challenges facing the nation today,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology and NIST Director Patrick Gallagher.
“NIST looks forward to working with these top private-sector companies and our state and federal partners in Maryland to help the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence jump-start its work to better protect our vital IT infrastructure and business information.”
Check out the video in which Gallagher announces the new partners.