High Performance Computing Center-2 set to open in 2016
A
new computing facility at the National Security Agency will help the
country better defend against cyber attacks , agency officials and
members of Congress said Monday.
The High Performance Computing Center-2 will assist in "front-line defense against immediate threats" in cyberspace, Gen. Keith B. Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency and head of U.S. Cyber Command, said during a groundbreaking ceremony Monday at Fort Meade.
The 600,000-square-foot facility, similar in function to an existing computer center, is scheduled to open in 2016. Officials said it would be used to help identify and combat cyber attacks — computer-based incursions into U.S. computer networks for purposes of stealing identities, intellectual property or state secrets.
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The High Performance Computing Center-2 will assist in "front-line defense against immediate threats" in cyberspace, Gen. Keith B. Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency and head of U.S. Cyber Command, said during a groundbreaking ceremony Monday at Fort Meade.
The 600,000-square-foot facility, similar in function to an existing computer center, is scheduled to open in 2016. Officials said it would be used to help identify and combat cyber attacks — computer-based incursions into U.S. computer networks for purposes of stealing identities, intellectual property or state secrets.
Read full article here from The Baltimore Sun
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