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Cyber and Information Security Workforce Presented By: Tom Flynn, CEcD

Cyber and Information Security Workforce Presented By: Tom Flynn, CEcD Director, Business Development Prince William County Department of Economic Development. Prince William County Snapshot. Less than 20 miles from Washington, DC Virginia’s 2 nd largest and 4 th fastest growing County

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Cyber and Information Security Workforce Presented By: Tom Flynn, CEcD

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  1. Cyber and Information Security Workforce Presented By: Tom Flynn, CEcD Director, Business Development Prince William County Department of Economic Development

  2. Prince William CountySnapshot • Less than 20 miles from Washington, DC • Virginia’s 2nd largest and 4th fastest growing County • MWCOG Projections (2015-2045): Employment (258,000), Population (573,000); Households (193,000) • 75% of Northern Virginia 1.5M workforce live within a 30-minute commute • 2 Interstates - I-95 and I-66 • 7 commuter rail stops on two rail lines • Easy access to 3 major airports: Washington Dulles International Airport; Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; and Manassas Regional Airport • 6 higher education campuses and close to over 40 colleges and universities • 34.7 years median population age • 131,203 at-place employment (as of 4Q2018) • 2.8% unemployment rate; 1.1% lower than the national unemployment rate (as of Mar. 2019) • Median household income of $101,059 • Home to the FBI Northern Virginia Resident Agency and Marine Corps Base Quantico • AAA bond rating from all 3 rating agencies; held by only 1.5% of all US counties. 465,346 Population* * As of 12/31/2018 358,300 * Source: Prince William County Government ** Source: Metropolitan Washington Council of Government Updated: May 2019

  3. Workforce Pipeline • Volgenau School of Engineering • BS Degree in Cyber Security Engineering • BS in Applied IT with concentration in Information Security • MS in Information Security and Assurance • MS in Applied IT • Undergraduate certificate in Information Security • 400 students are currently enrolled in these programs at the graduate and undergraduate level • 138 students graduated from these programs in 2014 • Center for Secured Information Systems (CSIS) designated a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the NSA.

  4. Workforce Pipeline • Associate of Applied Science Degree in IT • Averaging 54 graduates per year since 2010 • Associate of Science in IT • Averaging 286 graduates per year since 2010 • One Year IT Certificate Programs • Cyber Security • Network Engineering • Application Programming • Recognized by the National Security Administration as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense. • Workforce Center with Cyber Range to open in mid-2016

  5. Workforce Pipeline Prince William County is centrally located to major research institutions producing both engineering and information technology talent.

  6. Simulation & Game Institute @ GMU • Simulation & Game Institute • Simulation, modeling and serious game business incubator • Affiliated with Serious Game Institute, University of Coventry, UK • One of four global affiliated facilities and the only one located in the United States. • GMU offers BFA and MA in Computer Game Design; 50 graduates per year • Created 6 businesses and 70 jobs in first year

  7. Prince William County Department of Economic Development PwcEconDev.org | 703.792.5500 Tom Flynn tflynn@pwcgov.org Follow us on Twitter @PWCDED Sign-up for our Newsletter at www.PwcEconDev.org

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