Deep in the bowels of a building at the nation’s oldest private military academy, students from across the globe are being taught to fight the war of the future.
They file into the restricted-access room at Norwich University in Northfield not to study tank or artillery battles or plot a bombing run but to fight mock battles on banks of computers to learn how to protect communications networks.
Such cyber war games are well-established between schools in the United States. Norwich has added a new twist: One of the other teams is from Macedonia and another from Oman.
In a six-week seminar nearing its end, students take turns building and defending computer networks, attacking one or monitoring the operation.
This semester is the first time Norwich is working with the overseas schools. The mock combat with overseas opponents adds authenticity, said Jacob Evans, 20, a junior from Tuftonboro, N.H.
“It’s much more exciting to know that the people behind the other teams’ computers are sitting on the other side of the world than if we were competing with our classmates here,” Evans said. “Not many people get to participate in exercises like this, with security professionals and students from around the world, and I count myself very lucky.”
Such cyber war games are well-established between schools in the United States. Norwich has added a new twist: One of the other teams is from Macedonia and another from Oman.
In a six-week seminar nearing its end, students take turns building and defending computer networks, attacking one or monitoring the operation.
This semester is the first time Norwich is working with the overseas schools. The mock combat with overseas opponents adds authenticity, said Jacob Evans, 20, a junior from Tuftonboro, N.H.
“It’s much more exciting to know that the people behind the other teams’ computers are sitting on the other side of the world than if we were competing with our classmates here,” Evans said. “Not many people get to participate in exercises like this, with security professionals and students from around the world, and I count myself very lucky.”
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