Hack the Pentagon (Reuters): The US Pentagon announced on Wednesday that it is seeking external hacking partners to test the security of some public Defense Department websites as part of a pilot program. Let us mention that something like this is happening for the first time since the federal government.
“Hack the Pentagon” is one competitionof rewarding the people who will manage to breach the security. Usually such competitions are held by large US companies, which wish to discover gaps in the security of their networks.
These things programs allow cyber experts to find and diagnose problems before malicious hackers discover them, saving time and money in the event of a damaging breach.
"I am confident that this innovative initiative will strengthen our digital defenses and ultimately enhance our national security," Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a statement announcing the pilot program.
Λεπτομέρειες και κανόνες δεν έχουν ανακοινωθεί ακόμα, αλλά ο contest θα μπορούσε να συμπεριλαμβάνει χρηματικά βραβεία, δήλωσε το Πεντάγωνο.
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 goal is not to compromise any aspect of our critical systems, but to challenge our cyber security in a new and innovative way," the official 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.
