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Meeting Highlights Md. Cyber Security

HANOVER, Md. (AP) -- Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger is among the featured speakers at a conference in Hanover on cyber security in Maryland.

The conference Thursday morning is at a hotel near Fort Meade, where the Defense Department established a new Cyber Command last year.

Conference planners say government-related computer security is one of the state's hottest growth areas.

He says cyber security is rife with opportunities for businesses of all sizes.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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