6 select 'white' hackers to help improve nat'l cyber defense

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

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.

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