Educational Technology

September 13, 2012

Stop Computer Prodigies before They Hack

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:30 am

By Aliya Sternstein, Next Gov

Reports that students suspected of hacking Sony Corp.’s Web assets were simultaneously participating in cyber defense contests suggests, to some, a need for young cyberwarriors to learn Cybercrime 101 at an early age. Federal agencies need tens of thousands of computer whizzes educated in network protection and offensive techniques who are able to exploit flaws in an adversary’s networks, as well as detect weaknesses in the government’s own networks. But some trainees may choose to become attackers themselves, as evidenced by the two men who apparently stole data from a Sony website while studying network security at the University of Advanced Technology in Arizona. So some cybersecurity programs have set out to immunize kids against harmful hacking before they reach the fork in the road.

http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2012/09/stop-computer-prodigies-they-hack/57884/

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