COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Leaders with the SC Research Authority held a press conference with Governor Henry McMaster on Wednesday to announce the opening of a new center for cybersecurity.

The new center will be housed within SCRA’s existing facility at 1000 Catawba Street in Columbia. A top goal will be to lead and implement the state’s 20 initiative cybersecurity strategic plan that was developed in 2024 (the plan followed a study that assessed SC’s cyber needs and challenges).

“When you look at the totality of that, SCRA’s role is to make sure that we are appropriately checking all of those boxes, making sure that everything that’s being done is efficient as possible, effective as possible, well resourced as possible,” says Brian Shea, who will lead the new center.

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