Cyber Workforce Discussion – Working to Solve a National Crisis

What: Today’s cybersecurity industry is expected to grow by almost $100 billion dollars by 2020.  That means an unprecedented number of jobs to fill, to meet the demand and keep our economic and national security intact.  Job postings have increased 74 percent in the past five years, with a global projection of 1.5 million unfilled jobs over the next five years.  Many are calling the increasing shortage of workers a “national crisis.”

Join Northrop Grumman and its academic partner, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, as they team with cyber technology startup Leverege to discuss what’s working and how to impact youth perceptions to entering this critical field.

http://news.northropgrumman.com/news/features/CyberWorkforce

When:	Oct 28, 2016
	10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. E.T.
Where:	View the live broadcast at: northropgrumman.com/news
Featuring:	Dr. Freeman Hrabowski
	President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
	Eric Conn,
	Founder and CEO, Leverege and
	bwtech@UMBC Cync Incubator participant
	Lauren Mazzoli, Junior cyber software engineer,Northrop Grumman
Moderator:	Tom Temin, Federal News Radio
Social Media:	Members of the media are encouraged to submit their questions viatwitter to: @NGCNews
Contacts:	Marynoele Benson, Northrop Grumman
	703-556-1651 (office); 703-282-5428 (cell)
	[e-mail]
	Candace Dodson-Reed, UMBC
	410-455-8419 (office); 410-493-9167 (cell)
	[e-mail]
	Ryan Chacon, Leverege
	301-873-2413 (cell);  [e-mail]