Hack the Pentagon (Reuters): Το Πεντάγωνο των ΗΠΑ, ανακοίνωσε την Τετάρτη ότι αναζητεί εξωτερικούς συνεργάτες hackers για να ελέγξει την ασφάλεια ορισμένων δημόσιων δικτυακών τόπων του Ministryυ Άμυνας, στο πλαίσιο ενός πιλοτικού προγράμματος. Να αναφέρουμε ότι κάτι τέτοιο συμβαίνει για πρώτη φορά από την ομοσπονδιακή κυβέρνηση.
“Hack the Pentagon” is one contest awarding the people who succeed in breaching the security. Usually such competitions are held by large US companies, which wish to discover gaps in the security of their networks.
These programs allow cyber professionals to find and find problems before discovering malicious hackers, saving time and money in case of a damaging violation.
"I am confident that this innovative initiative will strengthen our digital defenses and ultimately strengthen our national security," Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said in a statement announcing the pilot program.
Details and rules have not been announced yet, but the contest could include monetary awards, the Pentagon said.
The US Pentagon has long been testing the security of its networks with its in-house red groups. Hack the Pentagon will, however, open at least a part of the huge IT system network to the cyber challenges across the security industry and the academic world.
Participants should be US citizens and should register and submit a history that they will check before hacking on public computers, the Pentagon said. Sensitive networks or weapons programs will not be included, at least initially.
"The aim is not to jeopardize any aspect of our critical systems, but to challenge security in our cyberspace in a new and innovative way," he said.
The initiative is led by the Pentagon's Defense Digital Agency (DDS), which was established last November to bring industry experts to technologyof the US in the military for short terms.
