As something new, get 30 young people a year now have the ability to combat threats in cyberspace as part of their military service.

Gunfire will be to mouse click and feltspader to gamerstole, when the Defense of February opens up a new værnepligtsuddannelse, cyberværnepligten.

Here are 30 conscripts annually the opportunity to complete a part of their military service behind your computer to learn how to safeguard themselves against threats in cyberspace.

concretely, there will be a training of 10 months, of which the first four are regular military service in one of the værnene, while the last six are in the computer’s character.

Defence minister Trine Team (S) hoping to cyberværnepligtige can help to strengthen the society against the “daily attempts at cyber attacks”.

– In the future we need more, that will protect Denmark against enemies on the net. Therefore, we create cyberværnepligten.

– I hope that many young people will choose to develop their digital skills in the Defense through the new military service – to the benefit of themselves and for the whole of Denmark, she says in a press release.

Baseline cyberdelen of conscription is going to take place at the Føringsstøtteregimentet in Fredericia.

the Training ends with an internship and a cyberøvelse, Rivalo which is supported by the Centre for Cyber security under the Danish Defence Intelligence service (FE).

in Order to be considered for one of the seats must among other things be declared suitable or limited suitable on Armed forces Day.

Also, a good prior knowledge of it a requirement.

In the first place, the new training run as a trial over the next three years.

There will in 2020 be a total of 5200 værnepligtspladser of Defense and the agency.

Earlier, it was about 4600, while the number of conscripts has increased as a result of the recent defence agreement.

As værnepligtig if you live in the barracks, flyvestationen, naval station, or the erc in the weekdays, while you have free in the weekends.

the Salary is barely 8000 kroner a month before tax, and a tax-free amount for meals.

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