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DARPA Issues $2mil Cyber Grand Challenge

Posted by samzenpus on from the build-it-better dept.

First time accepted submitter Papa Fett writes "DARPA announced the Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC)--the first-ever tournament for fully automatic network defense systems. International teams will compete to build systems that reason about software flaws, formulate patches and deploy them on a network in real time. Teams would be scored against each other based on how capably their systems can protect hosts, scan the network for vulnerabilities, and maintain the correct function of software. The winning team would receive a cash prize of $2 million , with second place earning $1 million and third place taking home $750,000." Also at Slashcloud.

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  1. $2 Million as a bait by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Darpa's intention is not to build a secured system, but rather, finding fresh international talents to enable NSA to break more systems all over the world.

    I am an American, and it is not that I do not trust my own country.

    I do trust my country.

    I simply have lost all trust to my own government.

    --
    Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
    1. Re:$2 Million as a bait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      In other words, you have absolute trust in your government to misbehave.

      No.

      I have absolute confidence that as long as lobbyist's intentions are to fight for private entities to maximize revenue streams as the #1 priority at all times, it will all but guarantee absolute corruption, which is what we have today.

      You're kidding yourself if you think Congress runs the show around here. They are the lobbyist's bitch.