The CSAW, a showcase for the gifted 'hacking' (Translated from French)

They pirate by challenge and are courted by recruiters in a booming sector: a hundred computer enthusiasts competed this weekend in Valencia at CSAW, the largest academic cybersecurity competition in the world. The European finals of this ambitious ‘hackathon’ was held on the campus of … Esisar from Thursday to Saturday and simultaneously in Abu Dhabi, Kanpur (India) and New York [University, Tandon School of Engineering] (where the competition was created in 2003). ‘The aim of Cyber ??Security Awareness Week (CSAW) is to demonstrate the security flaws of a site or a network by attacking it, and then develop appropriate countermeasures.’ … explained to AFP David Hély of the CSAW organizing committee and teacher – researcher at Esisar.