UK Launches Computer Security Training Exercises

Posted by | Posted in General | Posted on 27-07-2010-05-2008

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The U.K.’s Cyber Security  has Challenge began accepting registrations Monday for a series of computer security exercises designed to spur interest in the field.
Three exercises will take place later this year, covering network defense, Web site vulnerability detection and a forensics challenge.
The Cyber Security Challenge is a nonprofit group designed to foster more awareness of computer security as a career field and raise awareness of job opportunities.
The challenge will have a small networks category for 17 and 18-year-olds and a medium networks category for graduate and postgraduate students. Two teams from each category will be picked for a face-to-face network defense exercise at Qinetiq’s headquarters in Farnborough, England.
The goal of   Exercises is to be need people who are deeply technical but we also need people who are good communicators.
We are very interested in getting involved in the challenges to show what skills and jobs are in the industry.

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