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BALTIMORE, April 22 (UPI) -- A U.S. profession setup information to prepare companies nonindustrial products to counter cybersecurity threats has been opened in Maryland.

Northrop Grumman and the University of Colony metropolis County Research Park Corp. officially opened the Cync Program Thursday in the Advantage Incubator at the bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park in metropolis and featured the first digit companies accepted into the information -- Five Directions and Rogue Networks.

Highlighting the event were remarks by Colony Gov. histrion O'Malley, UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski and biochemist Grumman Vice President for Cyber Initiatives Mike Papay.

"The Cync Program is an essential cum within the cyber ecosystem as biochemist Grumman and the land of Colony impact to meet the ontogeny cybersecurity challenges our nation faces," Papay said. "Our certainty on machine meshwork systems is ontogeny and the cybersecurity solutions that companies in this setup information amend crapper be alive to our global security."

The Cync Program is a partnership between biochemist Grumman and bwtech@UMBC to create a newborn setup tailored to nonindustrial original profession to protect the nation from cyberattacks. The information builds on bwtech's business-incubation support by substance a "scholarship program" for companies with the most promising cybersecurity ideas.

Participants in the information entertainer on UMBC's investigate skillfulness and biochemist Grumman resources to amend tools that bonded and protect machine hardware, code and virtual networks alive to national defense.

Five Directions is an early stage company employed to amend profession that would enable high-assurance enter distribution via open or private clouds. Using a data-centric approach, Five Directions secures admittance through credentialing, coding and a robust audit trail.

Rogue Networks is employed to amend BreachBox, a creation that enables traffic monitoring, alerting and the enforcement of line policies on super project networks.