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Date: Wed Oct 21 2009 - 02:29:03 CDT

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http://www.thedailytell.com/2009/10/nonprofit-air-force-association-recruits-youth-for-cyber-war-games/

By John Zorabedian
The Daily Tell
October 19, 2009

The nonprofit Air Force Association announced that 200 high schools from
44 states in the U.S., South Korea and Japan will participate in the
largest high school cyber defense competition ever staged starting
November 7.

Called CyberPatriot II, the war games are a way to promote careers in
cyber security, technology and science fields. S. Sanford Schlitt, AFA.s
vice chairman of the board for aerospace education, said the competition
begins on November 7, 2009, the entire field of 200-plus teams
participating in CyberPatriot II will race to solve cyber defense
problems.

The final competition in February will test the remaining teams "on
identical equipment on a system against an active "Red Team" opponent
that will attempt to counter their defense strategies," AFA said.

Right now is a hot time for cyber technicians and IT professionals who
have the knowledge and training at the highest level. The government,
military, and IT companies have to recruit their cyber security
personnel from a small pool of technically proficient workers, which is
why these organizations are promoting education and training of young
people in cyber security.

The federal government pronounced October as a National Cyber Security
Awareness month, with President Obama addressing cyber security in a web
video that called on all Americans to protect themselves from cyber
threats. Recruiting a qualified cyber workforce to defend the country
and its IT infrastructure from cyber attacks is a main concern of the
Obama administration.s cyber security effort. To answer this call,
nonprofits and corporations are participating in cyber security
awareness.

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