Maryland's DIY Playbook: Homegrown Talent, Hired Hackers, and a $122 Million Bet on Rockville

Montgomery College just opened the first community-college-based advanced manufacturing floor in the country, built alongside satellite company Hughes Network Systems. Maryland's state government is legally paying outside researchers to break into its own websites, and it's already fixed 200 vulnerabilities because of it. And a Taiwan-based biotech company just bet $122.5 million that Rockville is where the next generation of drugs gets made.Sources:Hughes Network Systems and Montgomery College open the country's first community-college-based advanced manufacturing facility | Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) | https://thinkmoco.com/success-stories/local-workforce-partnerships-make-talent-in-montgomery-county-maryland-a-guarantee/Maryland crowdsources cybersecurity to defend state networks -- and it's working | Technical.ly | https://technical.ly/civics/maryland-cybersecurity-vulnerability-disclosure-bugcrowd/Bora Pharmaceuticals launches new biologics manufacturing facility in Rockville | Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) | https://thinkmoco.com/success-stories/montgomery-county-celebrates-launch-of-bora-pharmaceuticals-new-biologics-manufacturing-facility-in-rockville/Sponsored by Maryland Smart Energy — smarter buildings, smaller bills. Utility-funded energy programs for Maryland businesses, nothing out of pocket. https://mdsmartenergy.comProduced with AI. https://marylandmeans.business