ITB’s computer hackers

Under cover of darkness, a gang of Dublin 15 hackers have recently been honing their online breaking and entering skills. If their clean-cut appearance is at variance with the clichéd long haired weirdo image usually associated with this kind of activity, it's because this particular group of hackers are all lecturers at Blanchardstown's Institute of Technology.

The lecturers have been attending courses run by Irish IT security company Espion in preparation for the launch of ITB's own courses in ‘ethical hacking' for evening students which is due to start next month.

One ITB lecturer who learnt his tricks of the trade from Espion is Mark Cummins, who lectures in computer systems, databases and operating systems but mainly in networking. He is a certified Cisco instructor and usually teaches CCNA certification courses to some of the college's industry partners such as Ericsson, Damovo and IBM.

According to Mark "Espion's course was a huge benefit and a stepping stone in the right direction, providing us with the foundation for our own course. "The ability for me to easily highlight [security] threats to students lets me add greatly to my other courses, forcing the students to take note of the risk and to see the direct result of poor implementation."

ITB's ethical hacking programme is being organised by the Department of Informatics, with plans for classes on two evenings a week.

The budding hackers described Espion's trainers as highly knowledgeable and "the highlight of a hugely interesting and enjoyable course."

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