- Location: Largo, MD
- Department: Career Program, Technology
- Degree Programs: Cybersecurity, A.A.S.
- Key Contact: Michael Smith, Chair, Technology Engineering & Construction department
- Email: smithmw@pgcc.edu
- Direct: 301-546-0752
- Research Areas: Design smart grid and IoT security; plan and implement network routing, switching, and security, including forensics, including SIEM, NAC, DevNetSecOps, penetration testing, and ethical hacking; monitor the security infrastructure to analyze network problems and traffic flow; identify and remove network security vulnerabilities and threats; monitor and enforce an organizational security policy including contingency plans.
- Wikipedia link: Prince George’s Community College-Wikipedia
- Website: Prince George’s Community College
- Protect Our Power Best Practice Focus: Network Access Control
Program Overview:
The Cybersecurity Program at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) has earned industry and government recognition. The National Security Agency (NSA) has designated PGCC as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber-Defense (CAE-CD). PGCC originated and homes the National Cyberwatch Center, leading collaborative efforts to advance cybersecurity education and strengthen the national workforce. The Cybersecurity program at the college provides the skills for students to become highly skilled computer systems security professionals and to train individuals for positions as data security analysts, systems security administrators, and network security administrators. In this program, students master the latest security technologies and examine the issues of information security awareness, network security hardware, systems and network security planning and defense, network security organization, and the legal and ethical issues associated with cybersecurity. Students also complete a capstone project and design information security systems and implement a security strategy for a network. Students completing this degree program be able to use the curriculum fundamentals learned to prepare for industry certifications through our partners such as Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Juniper Networks, and CompTIA.
More than 1,000 companies sell cybersecurity products to electric utilities in the U.S. and Canada. This project is designed to organize and evaluate these vendors, and their products and services, to make it easier for utility companies to make informed decisions on products that meet their specific cybersecurity needs.
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Protect Our Power has identified more than 80 topics related to Best Practices for Cybersecurity Solutions. For each topic, we will provide a short overview, a list of the vendors who provide products or solutions that address that topic, and a link to the university or universities evaluating those vendor offerings.
Universities, colleges and research labs are conducting valuable research on vendor product offerings and solutions that address a broad range of cybersecurity issues and challenges. The results of these analyses are published here and will be updated as new information becomes available.
More than 1,000 suppliers and vendors provide hardware and software solutions to the utility industry to address cybersecurity issues and threats. Those vendors are listed here, grouped according to the cybersecurity topic that their product offerings address.