SINGAPORE – Boeing today officially opened its first international Cyber Analytics Center in Singapore, bringing advanced cybersecurity capabilities and services to its partners in the region.
The Boeing Cyber Analytics Center (BCAC) aims to address the growing need for a better and deeper understanding of the cyber threat environment and impacts to government, industry and academia. It will act as a regional resource for information sharing and collaboration, allowing partners across Asia-Pacific to work together to evaluate technologies and techniques that proactively address potential cyber threats.
Information gathered from the BCAC will provide partners across the region with advanced warning of impending cyber attacks and perform trend analysis designed to help mitigate existing threats, but also overcome potential future threats.
The BCAC will employ analysts who are specially trained to use state-of-the-art cyber analytics. Their primary mission is to identify current and emerging cyber threats and issue timely alerts to the BCAC partners.
Beh Kian Teik, executive director of the Singapore Economic Development Boardโs Safety & Security Industry Programme Office (SSIPO) said, โWe congratulate Boeing on the opening of the Cyber Analytics Center in Singapore. This centre is a significant addition to the industry in Singapore as it brings advanced cybersecurity capabilities and services to meet the rising needs of the Asia-Pacific region. It also presents new exciting career options for Singaporeans who are keen to work in the growing cyber security industry in Singapore. We look forward to Boeingโs continued growth here.โ
โOur experience in protecting Boeingโs own global information networks, as well as the work we do for our customers around the globe, make us uniquely suited to provide this service,โ said Dewey Houck, vice president and chief data analytics officer, Boeing Defense, Space & Security. โThe solutions we are providing through the Boeing Cyber Analytics Center are world-class and scalable to meet the needs of partners throughout the Asia-Pacific region.โ
A unit of The Boeing Company, Defense, Space & Security is one of the world’s largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the worldโs largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Defense, Space & Security is a $31 billion business with 53,000 employees worldwide.
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- The Boeing Cyber Analytics Center (BCAC) aims to address the growing need for a better and deeper understanding of the cyber threat environment and impacts to government, industry and academia.
- This centre is a significant addition to the industry in Singapore as it brings advanced cybersecurity capabilities and services to meet the rising needs of the Asia-Pacific region.
- โOur experience in protecting Boeing's own global information networks, as well as the work we do for our customers around the globe, make us uniquely suited to provide this service,โ said Dewey Houck, vice president and chief data analytics officer, Boeing Defense, Space &.