DARPA, NSA, DoD launch cyber security effort: Operation Schmooze Hackers
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http://www.itworld.com/security/222273/darpa-nsa-dod-launch-new-cybersecurity-effort-operation-schmooze-hackers By Kevin Fogarty ITworld.com November 08, 2011 In its unending effort to find more technologically innovative ways to accomplish things most of the government agencies that are its clients can't do at all, DARPA called a conference this week to ask for help security military and government networks against hackers. Who did it invite? Hackers. Not, fortunately, the divisions of Chinese military hackers who have been digitally marching one by one through military and government installations with impunity for anywhere from five to ten years. The Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) called the "cyber colloquium" to talk about the difficulty DARPA and the Pentagon have securing their systems. "DARPA seeks the elite of the cyber community—visionary hackers, academics and professionals from small and large businesses—to change the dynamic of cyber defense," the invitation read. [...] _____________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isn