The state’s international business push is continuing with a new trade office in the United Kingdom, and cybersecurity is seen as a key to the growth.
The state announced that it is opening a trade office in London for the purpose of creating a new beachhead to engage with international partners. One big goal will be “enhancing Maryland’s global reach in cybersecurity,” Maryland Secretary of Commerce Mike Gill said in a statement.
The words are backed up operationally. The office is being funded through a grant from the state Commerce Department to bwtech@UMBC’s recently launched iCyberCenter. As we reported in June, that incubator program was set up to provide international companies a landing point and resources in Maryland.
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