Military, contractors look to high schools for cyber talent

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2012/04/air-force-looking-to-high-schools-cyber-talent-041612/ Military, contractors look to high schools for cyber talent By Zachary Fryer-Biggs - Staff writer Posted : Monday Apr 16, 2012 7:31:28 EDT A gaggle of high school students huddled around a cluster of computers is unlikely to garner much attention. But in late March, a steady stream of Air Force generals, Pentagon officials and defense industry executives visited several dozen students, all wearing matching green T-shirts emblazoned with the names of defense contractors, as they sat in small groups in a Washington-area conference center. The groups were teams competing in the finals of the fourth CyberPatriot competition, and the draw was simple but dramatic: the military’s desperate need for more cybersecurity experts. Confronted with a severe shortage of talent, government and...

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@zpez » 24 Apr '12, 9pm
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WTF? The competition also had a “Bradley Manning simulation,” as one organizer called it, where students ... [link]
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