RIT on TV News: Cyber Defense Competition

WROC-TV (Channel 8) reports on the annual Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology from Feb. 27 through March 1.

Anchor: How safe is your computer? Experts say hackers are always on the attack. That's why Internet security is a growing industry. Tonight, RIT is putting students from across the northeast to the test. News 8s Jason Frazer reports on the contest to track hackers.

Professor Peter Lutz: Everybodys computer s being attacked constantly.

Reporter: And these students at RIT are competiting to try and stop that.

Ron Valente '09: Start to finish each day is nerve racking. Even if you know you are getting attacked or not because most of the time you know you are not getting attacked and you know you are working on a system that is not secure.

Reporter: These students are learning how to manage different cyber attacks by computer hackers.

Lutz: It was organized a few years ago by the University of Texas San Antonio under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security to increase the number of students being introduced to know something about cyber security.

Reporter: Llutz says computer hacking is getting worse. Hackers no longer just want to get into our email. Hackers are now more concerned about stealing sensitive information like your bank accounts and your social security number.

Lutz: A key logger is a system that looks at all your keystrokes, reports them and sends them over the Internet to somebody.

Reporter: Lutz hopes this competition will encourage students to pursue careers in cyber security. He hopes one day hacking will be a thing of the past. At RIT, Jason Frazer, News 8.

Anchor: About 40 students are taking part in the competition. It goes all weekend.

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Man I just got invited to join my schools Blue Team, this sounds very interesting from this video and what I've read online...... UMASS 2011!!