Baltimore is set to be home to a new cybersecurity training center for public-sector workers to practice responding to attacks, state officials said.

The ETA Cyber Range, run by Pikesville-based Electronic Technology Associates, will be designed to simulate threats to national assets and infrastructure. The center will run a training platform made by Israel-based Cyberbit.

Announced amid a trip by Gov. Larry Hogan and other Maryland leaders to Israel, the Cyber Range is slated to be open by the end of the year. A location has not been finalized. Initially, it would employ 10 people with plans to grow to 100 employees next year.

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