The Advanced Security Technology Research Alliance (ASTRA)  LLC, a non-profit organization, that brings together business leaders, academia, industry leaders and technology professionals, and seeks to promote South Carolina’s existing cyber security industry, increase South Carolina’s leadership and innovation within the sector, and increase the state's competitiveness in the one of the state’s fast-growing industry sectors.

Nearly all of the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security agencies are represented in Charleston, coupled with one of the nation's largest ocean ports and a growing medical research center. Charleston has become a hub of research and development, practical testing and pilot initiatives for a wide range of security solutions.

ASTRA will establish the Charleston region as a national leader and preeminent solutions source of information assurance, cyber security, advanced robotics, and unmanned and autonomous vehicle systems for the Department of Defense (DoD), other Federal entities and private industry.  ASTRA will be a catalyst in South Carolina for transforming the culture of advanced security and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) educational opportunities in both the University system and K-12 institutions while enhancing the research capabilities of these focus areas.  ASTRA will serve as the critical conduit to unite cyber security and information assurance industry leaders to the DoD, South Carolina Universities, and K-12 institutions.

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