Postman named Britain's cyber security champion

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/8365868/Postman-named-Britains-cyber-security-champion.html

By Christopher Williams
Technology Correspondent 
The Telegraph
07 Mar 2011

The government-backed competition to find the country's best computer 
defence amateur culminated in day of challenges for 25 finalists in 
Bristol. They investigated data breaches and battled hackers in 
realistic simulations of the attacks that threaten critical private and 
public sector systems every day.

The champion, Dan Summers, 33, had a background in IT but left the 
industry to pursue his own business. When it faltered, he took a casual 
delivery job with the Royal Mail.

He said: "I enjoyed it but never thought that I would be a winner."

Mr Summers entered the competition last summer on the suggestion of his 
mother and aunt, who had heard about the launch on the radio.

"They said 'you're a geek, you should enter that'," he explained.

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