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FAIRMONT-The I-79 Technology Park is listed as one of four sites for a major National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Department of Commerce (DOC) cybersecurity initiative, according to a NOAA draft Request for Proposal (RFP)
"NOAA had an industry day event in early November which brought more than 100 large and small government contractors who have cybersecurity expertise here (Fairmont)," High Tech Foundation President and CEO Estep said. "This contract is going to be so big and so complicated that only the larger companies will have a shot at it."
The project, titled "NOAA Cybersecurity Center (NCSC) and DOC Enterprise Security Operations Center (ESOC) Integrated Support Services" would be, what Estep says is a "comprehensive solution to NOAA's and DOC's cyber security mission."
"West Virginia will be the home base for one of the nation's most substantial cybersecurity operations," he added.
Along with the Fairmont location, the project would take place at Silver Spring, Maryland; Boulder, Colorado and Washington, D.C.
The new initiative would build-upon the existing NOAA Security Operations Center (NSOC) inside the Robert H. Mollohan Research Center, managed by...