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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. Working for the government? by Stripsurge · · Score: -1, Troll

    Seems hardly worth the deal :P

    FP#2?

  2. I don't know about you by trollbot · · 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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    Greetings, for free software!
  3. The fact is by WildBeast · · Score: 1, Troll

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

  4. Windows source code for dowload! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Get it here, only 5tb download!