http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=020000&biid=2012070345738 The Dong-A-Ilbo July 03, 2012 The government will foster six IT security agents to supervise national cyber security in the belief that cyber warfare can be won by a single genius, not numbers. The Knowledge Economy Ministry and the Korea Information Technology Institute have launched the "Best of the Best" program, which selects six "white (goodwill)" hackers by March next year with a budget of 1.9 billion won (1.66 million U.S. dollars). Each of the six will be in charge of six areas: cloud computing security; mobile phone security against hacking of smartphones; converged security that blocks both cyber hacking and attempts to sabotage offline government facilities; vulnerability analysis; and digital forensics, or collecting evidence of cyber hacking; and security consulting providing legal and policy advice on IT security. The government last month screened and interviewed 238 highly skilled hackers and narrowed the field down to 60 candidates. Six will be chosen in the end like a TV audition program, and receive a scholarship of 20 million won (17,500 dollars) and the chance to study abroad. [...] -- Learn how to be a Pen Tester, CISSP, ISSMP, or ISSAP with Expanding Security online. Come to a free class and see how good and fun the program really is. http://www.expandingsecurity.com/PainPillReceived on Tue Jul 03 2012 - 00:22:24 PDT
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