Contest to turn young hackers into cyber security ‘top guns’

kasperking · Oct 8, 2009

read here........http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6865432.ece

quote:

Britain’s would-be computer hackers are to be targeted in a campaign to persuade them to turn their back on illegal activities and become cyber security “top guns”.

Organisers of a series of online competitions are planning to emulate a US Government-backed scheme to encourage computer whiz-kids to work in internet security.

The US Cyber Challenge was launched earlier this year to find 10,000 of America’s brightest young talents. A British version is being planned next year, with backing from the SANS Institute, a computer security training body. Entrants could be asked to play a series of virtual games where they have to extract passwords from a computer, capture websites or fight off attackers.

In one of the US challenges, competitors have to analyse a hard drive to find evidence to convict criminals who have stolen guns; in another they have to defend a network from attacks.
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BrendanK. · Oct 8, 2009

Re: Contest to turn young hackers into cyber security ‘top guns’

Sounds fun I'm probably young enough to enter, although I live in Australia

Mrkvonic · Oct 8, 2009

Re: Contest to turn young hackers into cyber security ‘top guns’

That's the way to do it ...
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