Opening of new NIST cyber center offers platform to promote greater collaboration

The grand opening of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's expanded cybersecurity center of excellence on Monday provided a platform for Obama administration officials and industry representatives to highlight the need for even greater public-private collaboration both domestically and internationally.

The new National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence complex in Rockville, MD, provides industry and government cybersecurity professionals with 22 new laboratories – including two large enough to hold automobiles for cybersecurity testing – to complete work on projects addressing...