[pchelpers] News:DHS hunts for white-hat hackers

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By John Leyden 
Posted in Security, 20th April 2009 17:43 GMT

The Department of Homeland Security is looking to recruit white-hat
hackers to help defend the US's critical internet infrastructure.

An ad by General Dynamics Information Technology on behalf of of the DHS
seeks applicants who can "think like the bad guy", understand hacking
tools and tactics, analyse net traffic and identify vulnerabilities in
federal systems. In a budget request, Defense Secretary Robert Gates
requested funds to increase the number of experts it trained each year
from 80 to 250 by 2011, AP reports.

More here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/20/dhs_hacker_recruitment_drive/
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