Demian Costa, Partner
11/20/2019
A global cybersecurity hub will be the centerpiece of the smart city being built at Port Covington, building on a great tradition of the region, according to Demian Costa, a partner at Weller Development Company, the lead developer for the project in Baltimore.
“This area is the true hub of cybersecurity,” Costa said at a day-long event organized by Greenspring Associates to celebrate cybersecurity. Of all the sectors planned for the upcoming smart city, “the one to jump out was cybersecurity,” he added.
DataTribe, a Fulton-based cybersecurity firm; and AllegisCyber, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in cybersecurity, have already signed up to be part of the smart city, Costa said.
“We want to make sure there is a network and ecosystem, most impoartant there is talent and infrastructure to keep these companies for the long haul,” Costa said.
Goldman Sachs is investing $233 million to join Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank’s development firm Sagamore in the project. Its Urban Investment team
The smart city will additionally focus on data science and life sciences, sectors developed in the region for decades, thanks to Johns Hopkins, among others.
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