Meet Our Sponsors

Core Security Technologies (http://www.coresecurity.com)
Core Security Technologies is the leader in comprehensive security testing software solutions that IT executives rely on to expose vulnerabilities, measure operational risk, and assure security effectiveness. The company’s CORE IMPACT product family offers a comprehensive approach to assessing the security of network systems, endpoint systems, email users and web applications against complex threats.

Sourcefire (http://www.sourcefire.com)
Sourcefire is a world leader in intrusion prevention, transforming the way organizations manage and minimize network security risks and threats. Sourcefire was founded by Martin Roesch, the creator of SNORT®, the open source technology that has become the de facto standard for intrusion detection and prevention. Sourcefire is committed to advancing open source technology and maintains close ties with the Snort user community.

Cisco Systems (http://www.cisco.com)
Cisco (CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking equipment & network management for the Internet. Cisco Systems controls almost two-thirds of the global market for routers and switches that link networks and power the Internet. It also makes hubs, Ethernet, network access servers and management software.
Cisco Systems sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

CSITS (http://www.strategicit.org/)
The Center for Strategic IT & Security helps MnSCU students discover and become successful in IT careers. CSITS also collaborates to create and deliver IT expertise that promotes business success in Minnesota.
CSITS sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

General Mills (http://www.generalmills.com)
General Mills markets some of the world's best loved brands, including Betty Crocker, Häagen-Dazs, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso and Cheerios. Their brand portfolio includes more than 100 leading U.S. brands and numerous category leaders around the world.
General Mills sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

ACT, Inc (http://www.act.org)
Known for the ACT test, a college entrance exam, Act is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides more than a hundred assessment, research, information, and program management services in the broad areas of education and workforce development.
ACT, Inc sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

SecureWorks (http://www.secureworks.com)
SecureWorks has become one of the leading Security as a Service providers safeguarding over 2,000 organizations. SecureWorks, focused exclusively on security services, is positioned in the Leader's Quadrant in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Managed Security Services Providers (MSSPs).  
Secureworks sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (http://illinois.edu/)
The University of Illinois serves the state, the nation, and the world by creating knowledge, preparing students for lives of impact, and addressing critical societal needs through the transfer and application of knowledge. The University is a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement and is distinguished by the breadth of its programs, broad academic excellence, and internationally renowned faculty.
University of Illinois sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

Structured Technologies (http://www.struct.com)
Structured Technologies is the regional leader in Data Center Solutions and Managed IT Services. 
Structured Technologies sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

Savid Technologies, Inc (http://www.savidtech.com)
Savid Technologies, Inc. provides software development and consultancy services in the fields of information technology. Savid helps companies obtain a positive return on investments in information technology by providing them with reliable, comprehensive knowledge and delivering these solutions to improve their business enterprises.
Savid Technologies sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

Grant Thornton (http://www.grantthornton.com)
The people in the independent firms of Grant Thornton International Ltd provide personalized attention and the highest quality service to public and private clients in more than 100 countries. Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the six global audit, tax and advisory organizations.
Grant Thornton sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

State Farm (http://www.statefarm.com)
State Farm Insurance is a group of insurance and financial services companies. State Farm has remained the largest automobile insurer in the United States continuously since 1942 and insures more cars and homes in the United States than any other insurer.
State Farm sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

Polk (http://www.polk.com)
R. L. Polk & Co. is the premier provider of automotive information and marketing solutions to the automotive world and its related industries—automotive and commercial vehicle manufacturers and dealers, automotive aftermarket companies, insurance companies, finance companies, media companies, advertising agencies, consulting organizations, government agencies and market research firms.
Polk sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

Smurfit-Stone Container (http://www.smurfit.com)
Smurfit-Stone develops new package designs, provides global supply chain solutions, manufactures high quality containerboard, and manages waste management programs. Smurfit-Stone is one of the world's largest paper recyclers, and has mills and converting plants that use about half of the fiber their Recycling division collects. The company-owned nurseries produce approximately 24 million seedlings a year that are planted on private and public lands.
Smurfit-Stone Container sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

Illinois Institute of Technology (http://www.iit.edu)
IIT is a Ph.D.-granting technological university awarding degrees in the sciences, mathematics and engineering, as well as architecture, psychology, design, business and law. IIT's interprofessional, technology-focused curriculum prepares the university's 6,200 students for leadership roles in an increasingly complex and culturally diverse global workplace.
IIT sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

Department of Homeland Security (http://www.dhs.gov)
The mission of DHS is to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do occur.
The Department of Homeland Security sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

Federal Emergency Management Agency (http://www.fema.gov)
FEMA is an agency of the US government tasked with Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery planning.
FEMA sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

SAVVIS, Inc (http://www.savvis.net)
SAVVIS provides IT Infrastructure-as-a-Service, featuring secure, modern data centers in prime locations; enterprise class server and storage platforms; fully managed network solutions; a portfolio of security tools; a suite of management tools that give control of applications; and a Professional Services team to help.
SAVVIS sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

Lockheed Martin (http://www.lockheedmartin.com)
Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
Lockheed Martin sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

Federal Bureau of Investigations (http://www.fbi.gov)
The mission of the FBI is to help protect you, your communities, and your businesses from the most dangerous threats facing our nation such as international and domestic terrorists, spies on U.S. soil, cyber villains, corrupt government officials, mobsters, violent gangs, child predators, and serial killers.
The FBI sits on the 2009 Midwest CCDC Competition Advisory Board

 
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