The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has named U.S. Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (Ret.) Guy M. Walsh as the founding executive director of its National Security Collaboration Center (NSCC).

The Australian government launched its first Joint Cyber Security Centre in Brisbane on February 24.

Today, businesses of all sizes and types rely on research, obtained through data mining, to help them see the big picture and identify trends and patterns that can help create operational efficiencies. With the concept of "Big Data," every piece of data (from digital to conventional) is a potential piece of information that can be tracked, collected, sorted and analyzed. 

Miami Dade College (MDC) will become the first educational institution in Florida to offer an undergraduate degree in data analytics.