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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Training Center
777 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002

Contact: Renee Farrish
rfarrish@mwcog.org
202-962-3343

Please click here to register for the CyberWATCH Forum.

CyberWATCH

Funded by a $3 million grant over four years from the National Science Foundation, CyberWATCH is a consortium of organizations in the Washington metropolitan area that will establish and operate a regional center in cybersecurity for 2005 through 2009. CyberWATCH will:

Develop a cybersecurity/information assurance curriculum for higher education.
Build business and teamwork skills among IT professionals.
Provide faculty training and assistance for college and universities.
Ensure a consistently skilled workforce in cybersecurity/information assurance.

Forum Objective

This forum will introduce CyberWATCH to potential partners within the business and government sectors. It will initiate a dialogue which will assist educators in creating higher education curriculums tailored to meet industry needs and discuss ways to match qualified graduates to current and future job openings.