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Archived News
2008
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DSU Hosts Ethical Hacking Contest
Dakota State University (DSU) is hosting the 1st Annual
Dakota State University Security Hacking Invitational (D-SUSHI), an
ethical computer security hacking competition Monday, February 18 on
the DSU campus. The free competition is hosted by the DSU College of
Business and Information Systems, and is open to high school junior
and seniors.
Participants will be paired into a 2-person team and scored on
various hands-on tasks including ethical hacking, network foot
printing, network scanning, vulnerability assessment, password
cracking, and decoding hidden files.
DSU professor Dr. Josh Pauli, says organizers have structured the
event to ensure that students understand the responsibilities of
ethical hacking.
“Participants will be required to sign a white-hat agreement,
stating that they will not use the tools outside the classroom, and
will be addressed by experts on the consequences of security
hacking.” Pauli says
safe guards have been built into the event to ensure participants
will not misuse the technology. “This event provides an opportunity
for these students to learn how to leverage the technology, tools
and techniques they may already be experimenting with in a
responsible way.”
Each student will receive a biometric-enabled USB flash drive for
entering the contest. The winning team will each receive a Play
station portable (PSP) while
second and third place teams will receive iPod Nanos.
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