Northrop Grumman Corporation and the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Research Park Corporation officially opened the Cync Programme, an incubator dedicated to cultivating companies developing solutions to counter cybersecurity threats.

Highlighting the event were remarks by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski, and Northrop Grumman Vice President for Cyber Initiatives Dr. Mike Papay.

“The Cync Programme is an important seed within the cyber ecosystem as Northrop Grumman and the state of Maryland work to meet the growing cybersecurity challenges our nation faces,” said Dr. Mike Papay.

The Cync Programme is a partnership between Northrop Grumman and bwtech@UMBC to create a new incubator tailored to the specific challenge of developing innovative technology to protect the nation from cyber attacks. The programme builds on bwtech’s successful business-incubation framework by offering a “scholarship programme” for companies with the most promising cybersecurity ideas.