NYU terrorism class asks students to plot terrorist attack

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by joshfraser • 14 years ago

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joshfraser• 14 years ago

I think about physical security the same way I think about virtual security. The way to find holes in your system is to put yourself in the attackers shoes. I get why people are upset about this, but I also see how it's valuable training for our own counterterrorism agents.

zeteo• 14 years ago

I'd see an issue if we were talking about a CIA exercise made public. But these are complete amateurs writing a term paper. Surely anything dangerous they could think of is also likely to occur to a few dedicated terrorists who may spend years thinking about it?!

zmjones• 14 years ago

This is hardly unique to NYU. This is not uncommon in undergraduate courses on terrorism.

drivebyacct2• 14 years ago

The notion that we should just ignore the defensive mechanism of penetration testing is born from the same stupidity that has given us the TSA security theatre and the notion of security through obscurity.

NYU terrorism class asks students to plot terrorist attack

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