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U.S. Gov't Sponsors InfoSec Defense Training

Posted by timothy on from the good-bennies dept.

Anomolous Cow Herd writes: "CNN is reporting that the U.S. government is awarding scholarships to a select few computer science students to study information security, with the caveat that they must agree to work for a government agency for at least two years afterwards. This is in response to the general state of paranoia that has ensued since 9/11, with 'cybersecurity' as a high priority. Considering that a vast majority of government agencies run on Windows NT and derivatives, it's no wonder that they consider the eventual graduating class of 180 'doesn't have a chance.'"

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  1. FYI: Free COMPSEC training materials on CD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can request free computer security training information (mostly on CD) from DISA.

    http://iase.disa.mil/eta/index.html