Hacker Boot Camp

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday April 4, 2006 @06:02AM from the sounds-like-a-fun-weekend dept.

abb_road writes "Business Week sent a reporter to TechTrain's ethical hacker training camp, where, for $4,300, participants spend five days working towards ICECC's 'Ethical Hacker Certification.' The camp serves companies' increasing needs for home-grown white hats, and covers topics ranging from the non-technical (social engineering and policy creation) to code-level attacks (buffer overflows and sql injections). The tuition seems a bit steep for materials that, as the article notes, are 'freely available over the web'--but where else can you play hacking capture the flag?"

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4 Grand? by hairykrishna · 2006-04-04 06:05 · Score: 4, Insightful

4 grand for that? I wouldn't classify that as 'ethical'!

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Defcon by evenprime · 2006-04-04 06:32 · Score: 4, Insightful

You can play at defcon, but the level of the competition would probably be a bit intimidating for people who attend a boot camp.

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