DARPA to hold $2m Grand Challenge for “fully automated” cyber defense systems

The hi-tech research wing of the US military DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency)is to hold the first “fully automated” DARPA Grand Challenge, with a $2 million prize offered for a fully automated defense system – a computer that defends itself without human intervention, according toCBS News.

In an official release, DARPA said of Cyber Grand Challenge, “Over the next two years, innovators worldwide are invited to answer the call of Cyber Grand Challenge. In 2016, DARPA will hold the world’s first all-computer Capture the Flag tournament live on stage co-located with the DEF CON Conference in Las Vegas where automated systems may take the first steps towards a defensible, connected future.”

DARPA to hold $2m Grand Challenge for “fully automated” cyber defense systems