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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.

Boeing’s 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

1 posted on 01/04/2010 8:21:42 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: ShadowAce; neverdem
Ping!
2 posted on 01/04/2010 8:22:45 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I thought ninjas attacked. Would “cyber samurai” be better?


3 posted on 01/04/2010 8:24:04 AM PST by RabidBartender (Rob Scaaf for Missouri State Senate http://schaafforsenate.com/)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
The cyber-ninjas:


4 posted on 01/04/2010 8:25:23 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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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?:-)

5 posted on 01/04/2010 8:27:31 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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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

6 posted on 01/04/2010 8:29:56 AM PST by ExcursionGuy84 ("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
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To: ExcursionGuy84
That's basically an animation adaptation of traditional Japanese armor (for feudal lord or higher.)
7 posted on 01/04/2010 8:35:02 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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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]

8 posted on 01/04/2010 8:44:38 AM PST by ExcursionGuy84 ("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
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To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...

9 posted on 01/04/2010 9:17:20 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

10 posted on 01/04/2010 9:36:13 AM PST by paulycy (AMERICA: Less safe. Less free. More broke.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
I have no problem with Nijas.


11 posted on 01/04/2010 9:44:05 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: TigerLikesRooster; ShadowAce; Ernest_at_the_Beach

Physical security is the last line of defense.

12 posted on 01/04/2010 9:44:53 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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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.)


13 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.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

O Da ley, CalPoly...that’s Pomona, S.A. Vato!


14 posted on 01/04/2010 3:09:28 PM PST by papasmurf (You betcha!)
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To: thefactor

You just posted a photo of a bong on FR.
Dude, on a IT security thread.


15 posted on 01/04/2010 5:49:09 PM PST by JerseyHighlander
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To: TigerLikesRooster

thanks, bfl


16 posted on 01/04/2010 10:36:19 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: JerseyHighlander

Ha! I know! But he’s wearing a ski mask like a ninja.


17 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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