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Things You Might Not Know About CyberCore Technologies
Gov. Martin O'Malley attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, Oct. 6, to celebrate the expansion of CyberCore Technologies. Here is what you might not know about this Elkridge-based cybersecurity employer.
According to Gov. Martin O'Malley, the field of cybersecurity is growing in Maryland at a fast rate.
Elkridge-based CyberCore Technologies is on the cutting edge of that growth, he said.
Company Co-founder Kevin Powderly shared some fast facts about the business:
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- CyberCore was founded in 2000 by brothers Kevin and Tom Powderly. Tom Powderly has been recognized in Smart CEO magazine.
- The company was originally located in Timonium; in 2006 it moved to its Elkridge location.
- In 2007 the company was recognized in Smart CEO magazine as one of the future's 50 fastest growing companies. "It a really short period that we started rapidly growing," Kevin Powderly said."The market has really driven a tremendous amount of opportunity."
- The company recently opened an expanded, "state-of-the-art," $4.5 million high-tech, all-glass expansion to its Elkridge facility.
- The company employs 250 people from high-tech engineers to sales people. A large portion of the workforce has the highest level government security clearance.
- The company takes in approximately $250-300 million in annual revenue.
- Kevin Powderly describes what the company does as "protecting the integrity of data that flows through networks" against hackers or other cyber-attackers. The company provides such services as network vulnerability testing. "We're protecting the information that flows through the World Wide Web," Powderly explained.
- The company's biggest client is the Department of Homeland Security and other intelligence organizations.
- Powderly calls some of his employees "cyber-warriors."
- The Powderly brothers were recognized in 2005 by Earnst & Young as Entrepreneurs of the Year.
- The Powderly brothers, who live in Hunt Valley, are sponsors of the Maryland Special Olympics.
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