06/04/2014 ZDNet reports on the two-year competition begun by the U.S. defense research organization, DARPA,

By Ann Longmore-Etheridge

ZDNet reports on the two-year competition begun by the U.S. defense research organization, DARPA, in which more than 30 teams of computer security experts will create automated security systems to quickly defend against digital attacks. DARPA plans to hold its Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC) final competition in conjunction with DEF CON, one of the world's largest computer security conferences, in 2016, the site notes. "According to DARPA, the first-of-its-kind competition takes aim at a security problem that is becoming increasingly serious, particularly with the increasing number of networked devices flooding into the marketplace as part of the Internet of Things phenomenon. DARPA anticipates that the competition will not only accelerate the development of capable, automated network defense systems, but also encourage the diverse communities now working on computer and network security issues in the public and private sectors to work together in new ways."
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