Facebook to Award Up to $300K to Internet Defense Prize Winners in 2015

Facebook teamed up with computer-industry association USENIX in August to launch the Internet Defense Prize, aimed at highlighting research that could significantly improve the security of the Web, and in a Newsroom post Wednesday, Facebook chief security officer Joe Sullivan announced that the social network would grant up to $300,000 in awards for the project in 2015.

InternetDefensePrizeBanner650Facebook teamed up with computer-industry association USENIX in August to launch the Internet Defense Prize, aimed at highlighting research that could significantly improve the security of the Web, and in a Newsroom post Wednesday, Facebook chief security officer Joe Sullivan announced that the social network would grant up to $300,000 in awards for the project in 2015.

Sullivan wrote in the Newsroom post:

Securing the Internet is a challenge that grows more important every day — and it’s something Facebook cares a lot about.

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