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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Learn Competitive Hacking with picoCTF

ForAllSecure

PPP wanted to give their past high school selves the infosec education they didn’t have. It seems that preparing for, or even playing a game of capture the flag, might be a great way to expose any educational gaps, if not generally improve and deepen the security skills, you might already possess.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Diversity

ForAllSecure

When I look at my resume, like it's pretty strong, you know, both in terms of my education. I've got a lot of industry certifications, but having all those paper degrees proved to be a poor equivalent to having actual hands on experience in information security.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Diversity

ForAllSecure

When I look at my resume, like it's pretty strong, you know, both in terms of my education. I've got a lot of industry certifications, but having all those paper degrees proved to be a poor equivalent to having actual hands on experience in information security.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: How To Become A 1337 Hacker

ForAllSecure

Hacking has an event that’s similar. These computers capture the flag events which are loosely based on the children’s game. Hammond: I tend to, I guess, try and explain capture the flag is sort of gamified cybersecurity education. So getting cybersecurity education materials often comes with a price tag.

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On The Problem of Money, Politics, and SOPA

John Battelle's Searchblog

But duty called, Jonathan Zittrain (who I’ve interviewed here ) had asked me to participate in a conference he was hosting called “ Ideas For A Better Internet ,” and it was an honor to be asked. Groups of students presented their ideas for improving the Internet, and various luminaries pronounced on the issues of the day.

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