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OCC to offer paid training for job openings at Stickley Furniture and PPC Broadband
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — Onondaga Community College (OCC) is working with two local employers that have openings for jobs that may require worker training. Stickley Furniture
Launch NY to use additional funding from CDFI Fund
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund announced it has again awarded Launch New York (Launch NY) $225,000 in funding. CDFI is part of the U.S.
Madison County seeks survey input on broadband campaign
WAMPSVILLE, N.Y. — The Madison County Board of Supervisors is hoping the county’s residents will provide input in a survey about the availability of broadband
MVHS to transition all laboratory services to MVHS-operated labs
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) plans to transition all laboratory services at the Faxton and St. Luke’s campuses to MVHS-operated labs
Le Moyne College wants to help fill open jobs in cybersecurity
SYRACUSE — A professor at Le Moyne College says the U.S. has a lot of available jobs in cybersecurity and not enough people to fill them. James Enwright, professor of practice in cybersecurity, pointed to data on website Cyberseek.org, which indicated that the U.S. has more than half a million job openings in cybersecurity nationwide,
CMMI appraisal could boost AIS’s pursuit of bigger contracts
ROME — Assured Information Security (AIS) says its cross domain virtualization solutions (CDVS) group has been appraised at level 3 in the “maturity” of its software-development process. AIS is a cyber- and information-security firm founded and headquartered in Rome. It also operates offices in Syracuse and Rochester, and a few locations outside New York state
Cybersecurity state panel adds members, working to secure New York elections
Five new members, described as “leading experts” in cybersecurity, have joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s cybersecurity advisory board, the governor announced in mid-November. In addition, Cuomo directed the board to assess the threats to the “security and integrity” of New York elections and recommend steps to bolster election security. “We must face our new reality: election tampering
Rome Lab selected for quantum economic development consortium
ROME — The Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome (Rome Lab) will be the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) leading representative on the quantum economic development consortium (QED-C). Rome Lab serves as the lead Air Force Research Laboratory for quantum information technology, cybersecurity, and information sciences. The National Institute of Standards (NIST) leads the QED-C,
NYSTEC formally opens new corporate HQ at Griffiss Park
ROME — NYSTEC in mid-October formally opened its new corporate headquarters at 99 Otis St. at Griffiss Business and Technology Park. NYSTEC executives, partners in government, and community members gathered to formally cut the ribbon and open the facility. The 32,110-square-foot building includes 16,779 square feet of space leased to NYSTEC, with the rest of
The New York SHIELD Act: What’s new under the state’s breach law?
On July 25 of this year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law the “Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security” Act, commonly known as the SHIELD Act. While the SHIELD Act has garnered some attention given the ever-increasing number of privacy breaches impacting New York residents and others throughout the country, N.Y. General Business Law
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