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Hacker Card Game Targets Newby Security Pros

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1Comments | Mathew J. Schwartz | August 01, 2012 14:00 PM

Who says fun, sun, malware, and penetration testing don't mix? This year's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas offered information security training, hardware hacking, pool time, and more.

11 Security Sights Seen Only At Black Hat

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Hacker Card Game Targets Newby Security Pros

A team from the University of Washington detailed its Control-Alt-Hack card game at this year's Black Hat, which uses game mechanics licensed from Steve Jackson Games. The game--for three to six players, ages 14 and up, with a playing time of about an hour--puts players in the shoes of employees of a small, elite, white-hat hacking firm. Set to debut this fall and retail for about $30 per copy, the developers--thanks to grants from Intel, the National Science Foundation, and the Association for Computing Machinery--are also making some copies available for free to educators.

Control-Alt-Hack co-creator Tamara Denning, a PhD student at the University of Washington, shows off printer proofs of the Control-Alt-Hack card game. Photograph by Mathew J. Schwartz.

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