DARPA to Hackers: Help us Secure Networks

DARPA has reached out to hackers to help secure U.S. military networks from future cyber threats.

DARPA or Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency which helped create the Internet more than 40 years ago is now looking for more offensive ways to fight against cyber threats. In its Cyber Colloquium that hosted academics, computer security professionals and hackers, DARPA Director Regina Dugan reinforced the need for more options in the future warfare which would include cyber terrorism.

"DARPA's role in the creation of the internet means we were party to the intense opportunities it created and share in the intense responsibility of protecting it. Our responsibility is to acknowledge and prepare to protect the Nation in this new environment," said Dugan. "We need more and better options. We will not prevail by throwing bodies or buildings at the challenges of cyberspace. Our assessment argues that we are capability limited, both offensively and defensively. We need to fix that."