I says pardon? Normally I’m not one to raise suspicion…
Go ahead, take a moment.
…but, DARPA funding hacker spaces? Um, very cool. I think.
From Dark Reading:
Mudge, who has been the program manager for the information innovation office at DARPA for a year now, says the idea behind the new DARPA-RA-11-52 initiative is to fast-track security research among independent researchers and small, boutique security firms. The program is called Cyber Fast Track.
“It’s time to start funding hacker spaces, labs, and boutique security companies to make it easier to compete with large government contractors” for research money, Mudge said in his keynote address here today. “When I was at L0pht, we all had day jobs and did our [research] in the off-hours of the night … I want a lot of people who are doing cool research work all day long to not have to have day jobs and do their big work at night.”
And you get to keep your intellectual property? Very cool. Why is my inner voice screaming about there being a catch?
(Image (h/t Thinkhaus) used under CC from wmacphail)