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First U.S. Public Cyber Security Training Facility Opens In Baltimore

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, August 4th, 2017

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A first-of-its-kind public cyber security training facility, the Baltimore Cyber Range, operated by security firm Cyberbit and designed to simulate large-scale virtual networks and replicate attacks opened on August 3.Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, and representatives from a consortium consisting of Cyberbit and its Israeli-based parent company Elbit Systems [ESLT], and Electronic Technology Associates (ETA) were on hand to officially open the center which will act as a center for cyber security training and testing of private companies’ network resiliency. The…

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