On December 11, UMass Lowell and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced that they have signed an agreement to establish a cyber center that will strengthen the resilience of the defense industrial base and expand the pipeline of skilled cyber professionals across the region.
The UML Cyber Center will be located within the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor (LINC), the transformative public-private partnership unveiled earlier this year. SAIC’s initial $1.3 million contribution will create an anticipated 30 jobs and increase access to state-of-the-art cyber research and services for local and regional businesses and nonprofits and train the future STEM workforce through paid internships, job fairs, and training programs in collaboration with Middlesex Community College and local high schools.
UMass Lowell’s Cybersecurity Studies Program is designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security.
“UMass Lowell appreciates the ever-evolving relationship between national security and cyber readiness, and the importance of advancing research into relevant cyber infrastructure,” said UMass Lowell Chancellor Julie Chen. “Partnering with SAIC gives students, professors, and regional industry partners alike the opportunity to better understand the associated challenges within this relationship, and to better posture for problems and opportunities as they arise in the future.”
The new cyber center will extend SAIC’s footprint beyond UMass Lowell’s Applied Research Corporation at Hanscom Air Force Base. The center will provide direct support to the Air Force’s strategic initiatives in the areas of Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management; Cyber; Electronic Warfare; Information Systems; and Enterprise Digital Infrastructure.”
“Establishing this center builds on the success we’ve shared with the University of Massachusetts Lowell in implementing a student internship program at Hanscom Air Force Base focused on the DOD’s critical Cloud One platform,” said SAIC CEO Toni Townes-Whitley. “This expanded partnership will help build the future cyber workforce and ensure a stream of high demand talent for the nation, as well as Hanscom’s many critical programs that directly impact U.S. and global security.”
Source: SAIC
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