'Cyber Challenge' encourages teen hackers to seek security jobs

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http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-10-22/news/bs-md-cybersecurity-challenge-20111022_1_teen-hackers-computer-servers-college-students

By Candus Thomson
The Baltimore Sun
October 22, 2011

Like skilled cat burglars, teams of college-age hackers slithered past 
defenses to probe the soft underbelly of a sophisticated computer 
system.

Their mission: to steal secrets and leave an electronic calling card.

As they tapped away on laptops and spoke in low voices, knots of 
educators, business leaders, parents and government officials hovered 
nearby, smiling and nodding with approval. In the eyes of the organizers 
of the Maryland Cyber Challenge and Conference, today's hacker could be 
tomorrow's cybersecurity hero.

"We need a whole generation of people to help us build out the digital 
future," said Michael Kaiser, executive director of the National Cyber 
Security Alliance. "This has been a part of their lives since Day One."

The two-day conference at the Baltimore Convention Center, which ended 
Saturday afternoon, was part career fair, part talent show to give 
college and high school students an idea of how to turn their interest 
in computers into high-paying jobs.

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