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Wanted: ‘Cyber Ninjas’
NYT ^
| 01/03/10
| CHRISTOPHER DREW
Posted on 01/04/2010 8:21:40 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
January 3, 2010
CYBERSECURITY
Wanted: Cyber Ninjas
By CHRISTOPHER DREW
FOR a regional competition last spring, eight students from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, spent six months of Saturdays practicing how to defend a typical business computer network from attacks. Then, over two grueling days, they outscored teams from five other schools at blocking worms and other efforts to disrupt their e-mail and Internet systems.
For the six seniors in the group, all in computer information systems, the victory was even sweeter. Boeing, the giant aerospace and military company, offered them jobs.
Boeings decision to snap up all the graduates on the team shows how urgent the demand for computer-security experts has become, and helps explain why colleges are scrambling to add courses and specialized degrees in the once-exotic field.
In fact, as attacks on vital computer systems proliferate, surveys show a serious shortage of talent to combat them. Banks, military contractors and software companies, along with federal agencies, are looking for cyber ninjas to fend off a sophisticated array of hackers, from criminals stealing credit card numbers to potential military adversaries.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: computer; computersecurity; cyberninjas; tech
To: ShadowAce; neverdem
Ping!
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posted on
01/04/2010 8:22:45 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I thought ninjas attacked. Would “cyber samurai” be better?
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posted on
01/04/2010 8:24:04 AM PST
by
RabidBartender
(Rob Scaaf for Missouri State Senate http://schaafforsenate.com/)
To: TigerLikesRooster
The cyber-ninjas:
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posted on
01/04/2010 8:25:23 AM PST
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: RabidBartender
The ninja-style black hood and black uniforms are popular for many commandos all over the world. That may have something to do with it.
Or is it due to one-time popularity of Ninja Turtles?:-)
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posted on
01/04/2010 8:27:31 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
How's this for a *cyber-ninja ?

Maybe they just need someone with "Processor-over-Matter" skills.
*= the Autobot PROWL from Hasbro/Cartoon Networks Transformers Animated
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posted on
01/04/2010 8:29:56 AM PST
by
ExcursionGuy84
("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
To: ExcursionGuy84
That's basically an animation adaptation of traditional Japanese armor (for feudal lord or higher.)
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posted on
01/04/2010 8:35:02 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Yep. Basically, Hasbro did a "Samuri Prowl" upgrade/redeco that Cartoon Networks put into the show back when it was on the airwaves.
[Even though the life-differences between Samuri and Ninjas are diametrically-opposite to each other]
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posted on
01/04/2010 8:44:38 AM PST
by
ExcursionGuy84
("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
01/04/2010 9:17:20 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
01/04/2010 9:36:13 AM PST
by
paulycy
(AMERICA: Less safe. Less free. More broke.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I have no problem with Nijas.
To: TigerLikesRooster; ShadowAce; Ernest_at_the_Beach

Physical security is the last line of defense.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Cal Poly’s computer science dept. has come a long way since I was there. (Hint: they were still using punch cards then.)
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posted on
01/04/2010 10:57:55 AM PST
by
anymouse
(God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
O Da ley, CalPoly...that’s Pomona, S.A. Vato!
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posted on
01/04/2010 3:09:28 PM PST
by
papasmurf
(You betcha!)
To: thefactor
You just posted a photo of a bong on FR.
Dude, on a IT security thread.
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
01/04/2010 10:36:19 PM PST
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: JerseyHighlander
Ha! I know! But he’s wearing a ski mask like a ninja.
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posted on
01/05/2010 4:46:11 AM PST
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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