U.S. Gov't Sponsors InfoSec Defense Training

Posted by timothy on Sunday March 31, 2002 @10:28PM 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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I don't know about you by trollbot · 2002-03-31 22:33 · Score: 0, Troll

but I don't know if this is a good idea. Should we really have the LINUX using 14 yr old hackers working with Government secrets like this? Can you really trust illegal hackers like this?

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The fact is by WildBeast · 2002-03-31 22:35 · Score: 1, Troll

that usually, many of the most brilliant people aren't that interested in school.