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“Welcome class, I’m your HACKING professor…”

Posted in Geeky, News, Tech by Chris at 10:11 am
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Finally a really cool course worth considering. A university in Scotland has applied to start teaching students how to hack computers. The university claims that they will only teach “Ethical hacking”, so that in the future, the students could advise companies on how to protect against malicious hackers.

The students will also have to pass through a Government organized screening process, in order to assess whether one might use one’s future knowledge for evil motivations. [link]

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3 Responses to ““Welcome class, I’m your HACKING professor…””

  1. Paul Beattie says:

    Glad somebody pointed it out on here I was going to e-mail in the story. It was also on news.com! Becoming famous us Scots are!!

  2. PACO says:

    Ethical Hacking…. aka computer security class
    Both have been in schools for the last few years in the states
    There is even a certification at the eccouncil

  3. Aaron D says:

    Not much different from other schools that have masters and undergrads in IT security. http://www.uoit.ca has a very similar program.

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