DARPA's Cyber Grand challenge pits bot security systems against each other

It sounds like the seeds of a end-of-days sci-fi hit, but DARPA knows what it's doing, right? It's establishing the first-ever tournament for automated network defenses, in which systems would compete against each other to test vulnerabilities, make security patches, and generally wage digital war on each other. The aim of its Cyber Grand challenge is to "vastly improve" the effectiveness and speed of DARPA's own IT security, in what it says are "escalating cyber threats."

via Tech News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/23/darpa-cyber-grand-challenge-a-defense-tournament-command-promptality?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000589