AUGUSTA, Ga.—Georgia’s $100-million collaborative cybersecurity center has opened here representing the single largest investment by a U.S. state government such a facility to date. It’s located on Augusta University’s Riverfront Campus.
Headed by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, the new facility is a collaborative partnership that includes Augusta University, Augusta Technical College, the University System of Georgia’s research institutions, the City of Augusta, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and Georgia Department of Defense, and other private partners, CISO Mag reported.
“There are times in life when opportunities present themselves. We’ve seized the opportunity to do something about cybersecurity,” said Deal in a statement. Only one of the two buildings in the facility is now operational. The operations in the other building would start by end of the year, CISO Mag reported.