In the ongoing recession, San Antonio is sticking with one of the industries it knows best: cybersecurity.
The City Council this week approved a $4 million agreement with Port San Antonio that will allow the city to develop the Alamo Regional Security Operations Center. The 20,000 square-foot space that will serve as the cybersecurity hub for municipal government and city-related agencies.
The center will be located at 938 Davy Crockett Road on the Port’s Southwest Side campus.
The ARSOC will be a cybersecurity information-sharing facility that initially will house experts from the city, CPS Energy, San Antonio Water System and VIA Metropolitan Transit, according to documents filed by the city.
“ARSOC itself represents a national example of a collaborative community working toward enhanced cybersecurity and critical infrastructure security and resiliency,” said Will Garrett, vice president and director of cybersecurity development at the port. “The integrated security operations center is effectively increasing our ability to provide cybersecurity services to the city and to the community as a whole.” more here