Cyber and Information Security Workforce Presented By: Tom Flynn, CEcD Director, Business Development Prince William County Department of Economic Development

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY SNAPSHOT  Less than 20 miles from Washington, DC  Virginia’s 2 nd largest and 4 th fastest growing County  75% of Northern Virginia 1.5M workforce live within a 30- minute commute  2 Interstates - I-95 and I-66  7 commuter rail stops on two rail lines  Access to 3 major airports; Dulles International Airport is within a 20-minute drive  6 higher education campuses and close to over 40 colleges and universities  33.7 years median population age  122,809 at-place employment (as of 2Q2015)  3.5% unemployment rate; 1.4% lower than the national unemployment rate (as of Dec. 2015)  Median household income of $98,514  Home to the FBI Northern Virginia Resident Agency and Marine Corps Base Quantico  AAA bond rating from all 3 rating agencies; held by only 1.5% of all US counties. 443,463 Population* 323,400 Updated: March % est. population growth by 2045** 42%

Workforce Pipeline Volgenau School of Engineering BS Degree in Cyber Security Engineering BS in Applied IT with concentration in Information Security MS in Information Security and Assurance MS in Applied IT Undergraduate certificate in Information Security 400 students are currently enrolled in these programs at the graduate and undergraduate level 138 students graduated from these programs in 2014 Center for Secured Information Systems (CSIS) designated a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the NSA.

Workforce Pipeline Associate of Applied Science Degree in IT Averaging 54 graduates per year since 2010 Associate of Science in IT Averaging 286 graduates per year since 2010 One Year IT Certificate Programs Cyber Security Network Engineering Application Programming Recognized by the National Security Administration as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense. Workforce Center with Cyber Range to open in mid-2016

Workforce Pipeline Prince William County is centrally located to major research institutions producing both engineering and information technology talent.

Simulation & Game GMU Simulation & Game Institute Simulation, modeling and serious game business incubator Affiliated with Serious Game Institute, University of Coventry, UK One of four global affiliated facilities and the only one located in the United States. GMU offers BFA and MA in Computer Game Design; 50 graduates per year Created 6 businesses and 70 jobs in first year

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