Pentagon Seeks a New Generation of Hackers 134
Hugh Pickens writes "Forbes reports on a new military-funded program aimed at leveraging an untapped resource: the population of geeky high school and college students in the US. The Cyber Challenge will create three new national competitions for high school and college students intended to foster a young generation of cybersecurity researchers. 'The contests will test skills applicable to both government and private industry: attacking and defending digital targets, stealing data, and tracing how others have stolen it. [...] The Department of Defense's Cyber Crime Center will expand its Digital Forensics Challenge, a program it has run since 2006, to include high school and college participants, tasking them with problems like tracing digital intrusions and reconstructing incomplete data sources. In the most controversial move, the SANS Institute, an independent organization, plans to organize the Network Attack Competition, which challenges students to find and exploit vulnerabilities in software, compromise enemy systems and steal data. Talented entrants may be recruited for cyber training camps planned for summer 2010, nonprofit camps run by the military and funded in part by private companies, or internships at agencies including the National Security Agency, the Department of Energy or Carnegie Mellon's Computer Emergency Response Team.'"
Finally.... (Score:4, Funny)
Angelina Jolie has a legitimate excuse to stop posturing as an actress and can pursue her true destiny... [imdb.com]
outsource it to china and russia (Score:5, Funny)
they seem to have thousands of enthusiastic youngsters who are already hard at work in this very field
Re:Awesome! (Score:5, Funny)
Game time (Score:3, Funny)
Finally, all those years of watching "War Games" might pay off.
Re:Awesome! (Score:5, Funny)
>If you are asking, you don't qualify.
Exactly. In fact, if you're any damn good, just break into the HR system, insert yourself, and tell the front desk you forgot your badge when you show up for work the tomorrow morning.
This now concludes your interview.
Re:good identifier of both sides (Score:4, Funny)
I'm not pro nor con, just saying. Nice Database of profiles. Do you bite?
Bite? You nuts? I'll hack it, that info is juicy!
Re:Do Not Pass Go (Score:3, Funny)
Thank you. Finally someone with some caution.
"Hey, we'll interrogate Terrorists."
"But we aren't getting any hits sir."
"Okay. Let's hold a contest to find some."
Re:Finally.... (Score:1, Funny)
"Me, alright? I did it. She knows shit about computers. She... she's just my girlfriend."
"Are you crazy? What are you doing?"
"I'm trying to help you."
"Dade."
"What?"
"Thanks for your help."
Re:Any Damn Good (Score:3, Funny)
And if you're the best, you simply give yourself a pension and numerous titles/awards/etc..
Re:Obligator Good Will Hunting quote... (Score:3, Funny)