LOCKHEED MARTIN

Lockheed Martin is the largest provider of federal government information technology. Carnegie Mellon is home to CyLab, one of the largest cyber security research and education centers in the world. Lockheed Martin has opened a new lab space near Carnegie Mellon's campus, where the two will work together to research concepts and technologies to improve upon our current cyber-operations and cyberinfrastructure. The advanced research being conducted in this partnership between private enterprise and researchers will help provide government agencies with stronger protection against cyberattacks. This can be seen as an example of a public-private partnership, since Lockheed Martin works so closely with the government and funding is coming from both public resources and private investment. This partnership demonstrates the gradual shift occurring in the U.S. as the government and firms realize how crucial cybersecurity is. We hope to see more partnerships and research collaborations like..