Laura Élan, a software and cybersecurity expert, has been named the new Director of MxD Cyber: The National Center for Cybersecurity in Manufacturing. Élan will serve as Senior Director of Cybersecurity for the full range of MxD’s cybersecurity projects and initiatives in support of the annual Strategic Investment Plan and will manage MxD’s Cybersecurity Steering Committee.
MxD was designated the National Center for Cybersecurity in Manufacturing by the U.S. Department of Defense in 2018 and since then has established a Cybersecurity Steering Committee composed of experts across industry, government and academia to help guide its efforts in this arena.