In the summer of 2016, the board of the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (“MCEDC”) identified cybersecurity as a target industry, and commissioned a report by Amplifier Advisors entitled “Building a Cybersecurity Industry in Montgomery County.” The Amplifier report was submitted to the MCEDC board in September 2016.
In November 2016, a group of local cybersecurity CEOs and experts was convened by MCEDC and tasked with vetting the Amplifier report and then recommending strategic initiatives that would put Montgomery County, MD “on the map” as a world-renowned cybersecurity ecosystem.
