UD Hosted Information Security Class for Greater Wilmington Community
The week of Aug. 24, IT’s Information Security Office and IT-CS&S hosted a comprehensive information security class for governmental agencies, institutions, and organizations in the greater Wilmington area.
Delaware is one of three states selected to participate in a Department of Homeland Security program to provide leadership training and awareness at the state and local levels to prepare communities to respond to attacks on the nation's cyber infrastructure. A key component of the program is to improve information sharing between state, local, and federal agencies; large corporations; healthcare facilities; law enforcement agencies; utility providers; transportation facilities; educational institutions; and financial institutions. IT and Public Safety are coordinating UD’s involvement in this program.
Attendees included representatives from
- The State of Delaware (including the Governor's office)
- New Castle County
- City of Wilmington
- City of Newark
- Christiana Care
- Wilmington Trust
- Valero
- Delaware National Guard
- Port of Wilmington
- Delaware State Police Department
- Newark Police Department
- Wilmington Police Department
- Pepco Holdings (Delmarva Power)
- Wilmington University
- Artisans Bank
- DuPont
- Discover and
- The University of Delaware
