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They're part of a competition sponsored by the U.S. Military, which will give the winner $2 million.
In order to be selected as the winner, a team's systems must autonomously create network defenses, deploy patches and mitigations, monitor the network, and evaluate the defenses of competitors. It's a tall order, but the competitors are formidable, including one team that completed the first round in just six hours.
The teams hail from around the world; there's no citizenship requirement even though the competition is funded by the U.S. military. Among them are professors and students from UC Berkeley and the University of Idaho, as well as a group of French, British, and American security researchers who met as students at UC Santa Barbara.
In order to be selected as the winner, a team's systems must autonomously create network defenses, deploy patches and mitigations, monitor the network, and evaluate the defenses of competitors. It's a tall order, but the competitors are formidable, including one team that completed the first round in just six hours.
The teams hail from around the world; there's no citizenship requirement even though the competition is funded by the U.S. military. Among them are professors and students from UC Berkeley and the University of Idaho, as well as a group of French, British, and American security researchers who met as students at UC Santa Barbara.