sleed Posted April 27, 2016 Report Posted April 27, 2016 OK kids, this is cool. Know a hacker or computer club or school that could use some free, community-contributed labs? From the website (pivotproject.org): “People who earn great jobs in cyber security have mastered both academics and hands-on skills. But where can people with a wide variety of skill levels get hands-on practice with real-world cyber security problems? On January 12, the PIVOT project goes live to help meet that need. PIVOT makes it possible for students and others, all over the world, to build their hands-on skills in a fun, challenging, real-world cyber environment. PIVOT provides exciting hands-on labs and challenges for student groups and associated faculty, completely free. Through a variety of engaging downloadable materials, participants build their hands-on skills to help them pivot from academic studies to their future cyber security careers.” To kick things off there’s a contest to get things moving and gather feedback: “We’re launching PIVOT with a special contest and over a dozen prizes so you can help make PIVOT even better. Prizes include gift cards, club pizza feasts, t-shirts, and more! To participate in the contest and help us make PIVOT even better, all you need to do is have your group work through your choice of at least two of our current labs, and then have a student leader or faculty member fill out our contest form by February 15, 2016. The contest form gathers information about your experiences with the labs and recommendations for additional PIVOT challenges. From all submitted entries, we’ll select the top 5 with the most useful input to receive our grand prizes. Then, from all submitted entries, we’ll select another 10 at random to receive a prize.” Please check out PIVOT Project and spread the word, it is off to a great start but now we need to build the community. Source Quote
