Comment/ Do you feel smart enough??  You can enter this contest.

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Author/ Zeljka Zorz/ HNS Staff/ Posted on 31 July 2014

 

More often than not, computer security competitions come in the form of Capture The Flag (CTF) contests, and the emphasis is on breaking systems.



This approach helps defenders step in the shoes of attackers and improve their defensive skills, and hopefully makes them think about what can be done about securing those very systems they were tasked to breach.



But what about pushing them towards constructing secure software in the first place? Well, now there is a contest that does exactly that.

More often than not, computer security competitions come in the form of Capture The Flag (CTF) contests, and the emphasis is on breaking systems.

This approach helps defenders step in the shoes of attackers and improve their defensive skills, and hopefully makes them think about what can be done about securing those very systems they were tasked to breach.

But what about pushing them towards constructing secure software in the first place? Well, now there is a contest that does exactly that.

 

 

It's called Build-it, Break-it, Fix-it, it's run by the University of Maryland (UMD), and is set to start on August 28.



The contest consists of three rounds, to be held on three weekends in a row:



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The idea is to complete the circle, and reward those who build secure software in the first place.

 

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