Computer hackers are constantly exploiting security flaws and accessing private information. For the participants at a new annual competition, though, it’s not a crime – it’s a sport.
Blood-curdling cries were punctuated by the sound of bamboo swords thwacking against armour, as Cambridge University’s Kendo team practiced for their annual match against arch rivals Oxford.
The samurai-inspired martial art requires skill in both attack and defence, and according to the team instructor Dr Frank Stajano, cyber-security is no different.
“You cannot pretend that you will only be able to do the defence side because if you are not skilled at the attack you will not be able to defend.”
Dr Stajano, who is reader in security and privacy at the Computer Laboratory, Cambridge University, is also the organiser of the Inter-ACE Cyberchallenge. It’s a tournament of hacking fought this year between 10 of the UK’s 13 Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security Research. For the full article click here
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