-- New Gloucestershire
facility dedicated to rapidly advancing solutions to counter the
most complex cyber threats
LONDON, April 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop
Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has announced the opening of its
new cyber facility in Gloucestershire dedicated to delivering
innovative advanced cyber solutions to customers in the U.K. and
other locations in Europe.
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The new facility will accommodate the company's growing cyber
workforce of nearly 100 employees, with room for future expansion,
and will provide a state-of-the-art collaborative environment for
demonstrating and developing advanced cyber technology solutions.
The focus will be on developing capabilities in big data and smart
data analytics, network defence, secure mobility, biometrics, high
speed processing and full spectrum cyber. Part of the facility will
include the company's Advanced Cyber Technology Centre, a global
collaboration initiative announced in November 2014 to advance high-end cyber
solutions.
"We are committed to continuing to build a sovereign U.K. cyber
workforce that is able to deliver innovations to help protect our
customers against the increasingly sophisticated cyber threat
environment," said Kathy Warden,
corporate vice president and president, Northrop Grumman
Information Systems. "We look forward to expanding our presence in
the cyber domain and furthering our partnerships across the U.K. as
we collectively work to ensure a more connected and secure
world."
"This new facility represents an important resource for Northrop
Grumman and our cyber customers in the U.K. and significantly
enhances the range of U.K.-based expertise and capabilities that we
can offer," said Andrew Tyler, chief
executive, Northrop Grumman Europe. "It will enable industry,
customers, partners and academia to collaborate in one location to
help solve some of the challenges of today's complex and highly
dynamic threat environment."
Critical to addressing the cyber threat is building a trained
workforce. Northrop Grumman is investing in the development of
tomorrow's cyber professionals and has partnered with Cyber
Security Challenge U.K. to launch the youth-based cyber defence
competition CyberCenturion in the UK. CyberCenturion, which is
aimed at building the next generation cyber workforce, will host
its first U.K. national finals competition Friday, April 17 at the National Museum of
Computing, Bletchley Park. Northrop Grumman is also mentoring a
diverse set of small and medium enterprise partners and building
relationships with universities under the U.K. government's
Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security Research
scheme.
Most recently, Northrop Grumman was among the companies awarded
a contract by the U.K. government to provide a range of cyber
security solutions. Under this competitively awarded framework
contract, Northrop Grumman will provide engineering and development
services in support of data security and information assurance.
Northrop Grumman is a leading provider of full-spectrum cyber
solutions to the United States
government and to allied nations around the world. The company
builds cyber into every system, platform, and product that it
produces in order to enhance mission assurance and resiliency,
while investing both in innovative technology and cyber talent of
the future. For information about careers in cyber in the U.K., go
to http://www.northropgrumman.com/careers.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernisation to government and
commercial customers worldwide. For more about Northrop Grumman in
cyber, go to www.northropgrumman.com/cyber.