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  • Fall Cyber Symposium Ahead
    The first Cyber Innovation Center symposium held in coordination with the new Air Force Global Strike Command will be held Nov. 16-17 at the new Convention Center in downtown Shreveport. The event also will feature a concluding golf tournament Nov. 18 at the StoneBridge Country Club north of... more »
  • Cyberwarrior Shortage Threatens U.S. Security
    There may be no country on the planet more vulnerable to a massive cyberattack than the United States, where financial, transportation, telecommunications and even military operations are now deeply dependent on data networking. What's worse: U.S. security officials say the country's cyberdefenses are not up to the challenge. In... more »
  • Dell and Cyber Innovation Center Help Louisiana Tech University Train Students and Teachers to Become Better Cyber-Citizens
    In an effort to provide consistent training for young people and educators, Dell is supporting the Cyber Innovation Center (CIC) series of cyber summer camps offered at schools in Louisiana and Arkansas. The cyber camps offer students and teachers an opportunity to participate in dynamic, challenging, and interactive forums... more »
  • MSA Ranks Near Top National Magazines
    The Shreveport-Bossier Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Bossier, Caddo, and DeSoto Parishes, is recognized by two national economic development magazines for its economic growth. Business Facilities magazine ranks the Shreveport-Bossier MSA near the top of two lists: #3 among Low Cost Manufacturing Centers and #4 in Motion Picture... more »
  • Students at Camp Create Their Own Cyber World
    While many high school students were sleeping late this week, 36 area sophomores, juniors and seniors were increasing their brain power learning about binary numbers, encryptions and Cesar’s ciphers at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. While many high school students were sleeping late this week, 36 area sophomores,... more »
  • U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies
    The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed "Perfect Citizen" to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program. The surveillance by the National Security Agency, the government's chief... more »
  • CIC Welcomes New Tenant
    The Cyber Innovation Center (CIC) is pleased to announce that a new tenant will be locating in the new CIC Headquarters building at the National Cyber Research Park (NCRP). LUBA Workers' Comp signed a multi-year lease to house its disaster recovery site and is expected to move into its new... more »
  • Pentagon Launches Salvo in War to Protect an Army of 7 Million
    War is coming -- a war of ones and zeroes, that is. The Pentagon has unveiled a Cyber Command center, designed to shield the military's 15,000 networks and more than 7 million computers from foreign hacker attacks, that will pool resources from a variety of military intelligence agencies to proactively... more »
  • Cyber Discovery Camp a Huge Success
    On Saturday, June 5, 2010, over 200 parents, teachers and administrators gathered in Memorial Gym at Louisiana Tech University to watch area high school students compete in the FINAL CYBER CHALLENGE – a robotics competition that would decide the overall winner of the third annual Cyber Discovery Camp hosted at... more »
  • New Cyber Chief: People Key In Meeting Cyberspace Challenge
    Cyberspace will provide "tremendous opportunities for the future, but also tremendous vulnerabilities," the commander of U.S. Cyber Command said today in his first public appearance since assuming his new post. Citing the explosion in use of the Internet, email, social networking and instant messaging sites, Army Gen. Keith B.... more »
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