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Follow on Google News | LiveHacking.com Becomes Official Sponsor of Global CyberLympicsLiveHacking.com has been named as one of the official media partners of the the world’s first ethical hacking championship. The EC-Council's Global CyberLympics hopes to nurture better communication and cooperation on cybersecurity issues.
By: ArtSec Group LLC The games will be made up of a series of offensive and defensive security challenges. Teams will compete in regional championships with the best teams going on to the Global CyberLympics hacking championship final in 2012. The EC-Council is sponsoring the events with over $400,000 worth of prizes. “This new initiative by the EC-Council will be highly competitive but with a serious agenda to improve communications on cybersecurity issues among nation states” said the chief editor. “LiveHacking is very proud to be part of this new event and we are very much looking forward to bringing our readers the latest news from the games.” Regional championships will be held in various locations across different continents, and co-hosted with reputable IT/information security conferences and tradeshows, as follows: - North America (Eastern) | Hacker Halted USA – Miami, USA - North America (Western) | TakeDownCon – Las Vegas, USA - South America | H2HC – Sao Paolo, Brazil - Europe | Hacktivity – Budapest, Hungary - Middle East & India | GITEX – Dubai, UAE - Asia Pacific | Hacker Halted APAC – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Africa | TakeDownCon – Johannesburg, South Africa With the help of IMPACT, the ITU and LiveHacking.com, the Global CyberLympics hopes to be able to promote its mission to all 136 partner countries and make the world’s first hacking contest a truly global success. About LiveHacking.com LiveHacking.com is an online information security magazine. Specializing in ethical hacking and penetration testing it covers the essential information, news and trends that every security specialist should know. # # # ArtSec Group’s Media & Publishing Division offers a diverse range of design, editing and content creation services for books, public relations, online publishing and web sites. End
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