Tysons Leads Fairfax County in Cybersecurity Companies

Across all of Fairfax County, Tysons has the highest concentration of cybersecurity companies with headquarters or major operations.

According to a list put together by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA), Tysons has 119 cybersecurity companies, the most of any jurisdiction in the county. Tysons is followed by Reston with 79 companies and Herndon with 68 companies.

Economic groups have been working to turn Tysons into a Silicon Valley for cybersecurity. Bringing in more tech companies, and how that could impact education and infrastructure challenges around the region, was a major theme of the Tysons 2050 event

Some of the cybersecurity companies — or companies with cybersecurity components — in Tysons include:

• BAE Systems — a defense, security and aerospace company
• Centurum — a network engineering and infrastructure company
• Cyren — a cloud-based internet security services company
• Dell EMC — a data storage and management company acquired by Dell in 2016.
• HumanTouch — a private and public sector cybersecurity company
• Leidos — a defense and intelligence industry focused cybersecurity company
• Merlin International — a cybersecurity company focusing on both government and commercial contracts
• Microstrategy — a data analytics company
• MITRE — a not-for-profit company that operates research and development centers
• Nehemiah Security — a cyber-risk assessment business
• Novetta Solutions — a data-analytics focused business
• OBXtek — a technical and logistics solutions company which works primarily with the federal government
• Preferred Systems Solutions — an IT management, development, and operation company
• PFP Cybersecurity — a cybersecurity company utilizing analog signals to assess the integrity of digital information
• Raytheon — a major defense contractor
• RSA — a commercial-focused cybersecurity company
• Strategic Operational Solutions — an IT strategy and management consulting firm
• Tangible Security — a cybersecurity company
• Tanium — an endpoint security and systems management company
• Trustwave — a business-focused cybersecurity company
• Veris Group — a Tysons cyber-risk assessor that acquired in 2016 by cybersecurity company Coalfire
• Verodin — a cybersecurity management company

There are also several major cybersecurity companies located around the Merrifield area, including:

• Cisco Systems — an IT, networking and cybersecurity company
• Harris Corporation — a company built on improving business’ cybersecurity effectiveness
• Kingfisher Systems, Inc. — a cybersecurity contractor
• Lockheed Martin — a global security and aerospace company
• TEKsystems — an IT staffing company

Photo via FCEDA