Computerworld reports that Microsoft today launched a $250,000 contest for researchers who develop defensive security technologies that deal with entire classes of exploits.
"We want to make it more costly and difficult for criminals to exploit vulnerabilities," said Katie Moussouris, a senior security strategist lead at Microsoft, in a news conference today. "We want to inspire researchers to focus their expertise on defensive security technologies."Microsoft kicks off $250,000 security contest
The company announced the contest as this year's Black Hat security conference got under way today in Las Vegas.
