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Georgia Governor Announces $50 Million Cyber Innovation And Training Center

Friday, January 13th, 2017

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Georgia Governor Announces $50 Million Cyber Innovation And Training Center

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) announced the establishment of a $50 million Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center on Wednesday.Set to be located in Augusta, Ga., the center will be a state-owned cyber range to bring together academia, private industry, and government to help establish cybersecurity standards across state and local agencies. The center’s work will develop and practice protocols for responding to cyber threats.“Cybersecurity is especially important now that cybercrime is bigger than the global black market for marijuana,…

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