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Navy seeks software to assess and exploit network vulnerabilities
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 02:27:43 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2012/09/navy-seeks-software-assess-and-exploit-network-vulnerabilities/57844/ By Dawn Lim Nextgov September 4, 2012In another indication of the growing market for offensive security software, the Navy is in the market for a suite of tools that will scan and assess security holes in networks and exploit unknown glitches in computer programs, contract documents indicate. The Pentagon’s goal is to use the technology to teach personnel how networks are breached so they can better defend military computers.
The Naval Postgraduate School is seeking price quotes for a penetration testing kit that will simulate malicious attacks to networks by assessing vulnerabilities in systems and launch zero-day attacks -- the exploitation of previously unpublished vulnerabilities. The solicitation highlights a more aggressive push to train military officers how to play both defense and offense in cyber operations.
The Navy wants to use the tools in a newly designed course that will teach officers and students how to respond to hostile computer attacks.
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