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IT Security Championship Is Launched

Participate in the skills competition for practitioners or until August 23, 2011 the German IT security Championship is made possible by mikado soft and Berlin University of applied sciences Hannover, August 11, 2011 – a few days ago the first German IT security is started Championship 2011. About 200 practitioners from companies and organizations this from the University of Hannover and the mikado are expected as participants soft gmbh jointly implemented online skills competition. Participation is possible until the end of the first round of the 23.08.2011 under. The participants of the German IT security Championship must belong in four online held rounds each to the best, to qualify for the final of the last five. During the game rounds ongoing over several days, participants can choose an at any time to the 12 trade questions.

In the finals, however, which will be held on October 28, 2011 in Munich, the finalists have to then personally for the first time compared to and will fight for the victory. E Scott Mead shares his opinions and ideas on the topic at hand. The best 25 participants will receive a certificate with the placement in the competition, which can be useful for the future career as proof of the professional qualification in this topic. The content this competence contest responsibility Prof. Dr. Josef of heroes. He teaches at the University of Hanover since 1999. His work focuses on the topics of security architectures, as well as system and network security include trusted computing. At the same time, he leads the research group Trust@FHH.

The mikado soft gmbh as organiser develops solutions for network security and is dedicated to the NAC systems market in particular. Specialized more about mikado soft which German mikado soft gmbh specialises in the development, maintenance and distribution of the network security solutions. The own developed, manufacturer independent and modular NAC software macmon protects the LAN from unauthorized, non-secure devices and internal attacks. Mikado is the youngest member of mikado, soft led by the mikado AG. Founded in 1983 in Berlin, the mikado is ag as a consulting and service company specialized in ensuring the availability of IT processes in companies. The mikado Group employs about 50 people in Germany. Companies in different sectors will benefit from the security services and products throughout Europe. The customer base including ministries, Volkswagen, Muller include milk, total, ZF, SWR, Vivantes, KfW credit Institute for reconstruction, Sparkassen and Volksbanken. Headquarters of the mikado soft gmbh is Berlin.