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Business/Financial

Northrop Grumman’s New Cyber Security Center To Focus On Protecting Networks

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Thursday, July 30th, 2009

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By Geoff Fein Northrop Grumman [NOC] has opened a new cyber security operations center (CSOC) in Maryland to focus on protecting its networks and data as well as those of its customers worldwide. Because of the company's extensive relationships with the government, Northrop Grumman's networks are targets for attack, Linda Mills, president information systems and corporate lead executive for cyber, told reporters at a briefing yesterday in Washington, D.C. "More than 1.5 billion cyber transactions a day occur on our…

Congress

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Advanced / Transformational Technology

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Congress

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