securityshootout

You may not realise this, but the first round of the Microsoft Security Shootout is a simple multiple-choice test. And, better still....

....everybody who comes in the top 7500 in round one will win a prize.

Unfortunately, I'm not eligible to enter the contest, being based in the UK. However, I'd urge everybody based in India to click through the banner ad at the top of the page and enter the contest. I'm sure that with some common sense and a little bit of good luck, at least some of you can make it through to the second round.... and who knows, perhaps somebody from ITVidya.com will win the contest and drive away a brand new Scorpio jeep.

The data is the prime asset in the ICT and any damage to the data is horrendous not just for individual but even to large corporate houses but government.
National security is supreme for the existence of any country and in order to know more about the defence of the opponent, often espinoage is resorted to and the security wing put up its resources to get the data.

Similarly, in the cut throat business world, there is trend in some aspiring managers to achieve successes at any cost.

These are some of reason for securing the data from the vulnerabilty.

Data has become more vulnerable then ever before, people resort to using unfair, illegal means to procure the secret plans of the defence or company.

Today I was just thinking about what would be the big market scope in flexible IT field.
After little bit study I came to one point that applicationlevel is littlebit stable now a days.But still we see that lots of big organizations are also struggling against security in things. So Security is the big eye for IT professionals.

It has been felt as necessary requirement and everybody is taking it seriously. Not individually but incase of organization also. recently you might have heard about news regarding Microsoft Security Shootout challange.

I hope the Security Shootout indicates a genuine shift of direction by Microsoft, towards real security in their products..... but I must admit to being skeptical.

Since 1999, I have been associated with New Media Security, who develop strong encryption solutions for PC and PDA devices, so I've come to understand a lot about the security shortcomings of various Windows versions.

During that period, Microsoft introduced Windows 2000 and the Encrypted File System (EFS). On the face of it, this seemed like a positive development. However, Windows 2000 and XP still suffer from one extremely serious flaw in their security, to do with the way in which passwords are encrypted.

I am studying B.Tech in Mumbai, and would like to participate in the Security ShootOut competition mentioned here.

Can someone suggest some good resources to participate in this contest ? Is it easy, tough ??

Sameera

Good Microsoft, well done to have woken up to security threats, after repeatedly promising and failing to deliver OS / Browser / IM which is hack-free. Many times we have written code which we think is proper, yet we have seen some arbitrary applications popping up or even installing apps without user interventin...come on, have a look at the vulnerabilities
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/default.aspx

Having said that, ofcourse good and experienced developers using bad practises to write code, often are lazy to code enough so that the threat vulnerability is minium. It should be an interesting challenge to know how others did on this content, will participate shortly...am out of here now.

Microsoft SecurityShootout contest offers the following prizes to the contestants.

Stage -I 1000 Early Bird T-Shirt

Stage -I Top 5000 Developer Security CD

Stage -II Top 1000 Book on secure code writing

Stage -II Top 500 Microsoft Security Certification Voucher

Stage -III Top 100 USB 2.0 powered 80 GB external HDD

Stage - III Top 10 Pocket PC with 1 GB Memory Card

Stage- III Top 3 Laptop

Stage -III ("Winner") 1. Free TechEd India Attendance

Customized Scorpio Passion (car)

To compete and get to win these prizes, you will have to register for free on the site. If you’re game, go straight into www.securityshootout.com . Please note, Contest ends 19th April 2006.

ITVidya have associated with Microsoft to encourage participation and interactivity among our community to share tips on security, writing secure code, resources and taking support from each other to accelerate learning on hack-proof coding.

Slug: Create the safest code – Compete with the best coders all over India & Win some amazing prizes!

Intro: Security Shootout is a unique Microsoft India initiative to promote the concept of writing secure codes amongst Indian developers. To make learning fun and also rewarding, Microsoft are launching this contest targeted at all developers based out of India with over 7500 fabulous prizes to be won.