S.C. National Guard building cybersecurity facility
The facility will be built at the University of South Carolina Aiken campus near the Savannah River National Laboratory Advanced Manufacturing Center. It aims to spur collaboration between government and private-sector cyber experts.
USC School of Law to hold ransomware training
The National Cybersecurity Legal Institute reports more than 950 organizations were victims of ransomware attacks in 2019, with an estimated $9 billion in damage. The training session will be held March 5.
Cybersecurity presents serious, potentially expensive business issue
Experts say businesses must be vigilant in protecting information belonging to them and to clients. Threats can range from individual hackers to governments and cost companies an average of $3.9 million a year, according to one insider.
BullStreet District getting another tech company
Truematter is moving its 13 employees and headquarters from West Columbia to the second floor of the Ensor Building in the BullStreet District. The company specializes in user experience strategy and design.
IT support company to open Clarendon County office
The Manning technology innovation center will be the third facility Provalus has opened in rural communities since its 2017 founding. The center is expected to create 105 jobs.
S.C. Fraunhofer USA Alliance bridging companies and countries
Software provided by the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering will be used to connect academic institutions, businesses, entrepreneurs, researchers and development officials in South Carolina and Germany.
Richland Library offers NewsGuard browser extension
NewsGuard uses a color coding system to indicate whether articles appearing in browsers or social media sites are posted by reliable sources that practice responsible journalism.
South Carolina gets grant for broadband expansion
The USDA grant money will be used to improve high-speed internet access for nearly 4,000 households in Orangeburg County.
S.C. attorney general investigating Facebook
Attorney General Alan Wilson is working with his counterparts from 47 other states to investigate possible antitrust violations by the social media platform.
Upgrades aim to increase library internet speed
Some libraries have broadband internet speeds as low as 20 to 40 megabits per second. Upgrades made possible by a new service provider contract are improving those speeds at libraries statewide.
USC students developing technology for Nephron
The University of South Carolina College of Engineering and Computing will build a fully functional, sterile compounding lab at the McNair Aerospace Center to help develop a robotic-syringe filling process.
S.C. attorney general joins legal battle against illegal robocalls
A coalition comprising the attorneys general of every U.S. state and the District of Columbia has joined with 12 phone companies to adopt a strategy to fight illegal automated phone calls.