Old skule trix
Well today I found some old school hacking tactics come into play as two students got caught and were prosecuted for changing their grades at Calstate University. To be fair that looks to be an inside job and this was only discovered after a routine audit 2 years previously. Though I think 20 years prison and $250000 is a tad harsh.
Anyhow following on this, there is a course where if you did that you might actually get a distinction, yes I am referring the new breed of postgraduate degrees in ethical hacking. According to vnunet, abertay university are first to offer an ethical hacking course. However, I know someone who graduated from the Internet security group at Royal Holloway in London.
Would be interested if anyone else around the world offer such a specific degree. Let us know!
Dublin City University in Ireland offer a taught Masters in Security & Forensics
There are a number of world class security research groups in Europe. Cambridge, Leuven, where people can obtain Masters and Ph.Ds.