http://www.stripes.com/news/cyberwarfare-joins-the-curriculum-at-service-academies-1.158642 By Chris Carroll Stars and Stripes October 24, 2011 WASHINGTON -- A cyberattack took place recently in a darkened classroom at the U.S. Naval Academy. The target was a computer demo a set up by Ensign Justin Monroe, a recent academy graduate who was instructing first-year midshipmen on the basics of website attack and defense. But someone in the class was ahead of the game, defacing the fictional web page he’d set up as a teaching tool. Monroe, 23, the first naval information warfare officer to be commissioned out of the academy, squinted as he scanned lines of code that students had injected into the website. “OK, who the hell turned everything blue?” he said. “Turn it back, please.” Monroe laughed along with the students, but the mission of the class is seen as deadly serious. That’s why for the first time, incoming students this year take a mandatory cyberwar class. [...] _____________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Mon Oct 24 2011 - 23:08:54 PDT
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