A diagram shows the types of application weaknesses exploited most often according to Trustwave's recent report
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – IT security provider Trustwave (www.trustwave.com) announced on Thursday that a member of its SpiderLabs division will participate in the 2011 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (www.nationalccdc.org). SpiderLabs is the company’s advanced security team responsible for application security, incident response, penetration testing, physical security and security research.
This announcement comes a day after Trustwave partnered with Tucows’ wholesale Internet division, OpenSRS, to offer Trustwave SSL products.
Held in San Antonio, Texas from April 8-10, 2011, the event is the largest-level cyber security competition in the world, according to the press release.
Trustwave says the competition focuses on the “operational aspect of managing and protecting an existing infrastructure” where student teams act in administrative and protective roles within an existing commercial network. Security professionals then try to breach the systems “while student teams work to balance security needs with business needs.”
“This exercise is an outstanding simulation of what these future security professionals will experience in the real world,” said Robert J. McCullen, chairman and CEO of Trustwave. “The next generation of cyber security professionals will have great responsibilities and we’re committed to supporting their training efforts.”
Trustwave security professional Ryan Jones will participate for the sixth consecutive year. Jones and his team will leverage their skills in “ethical cyber attack techniques” to exploit the networks and provide challenges for the student teams.
Trustwave released its Web Hacking Incident Database semiannual report last month. The report indicated that there is an increase in DDoS attacks due to a lack of properly implemented anti-automation defenses.
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