By Anthony Berrios
Blog #5
2/20/20
Of course, the general public will probably never know who the individual is that was able to Solve the Canadian Spy Agency’s Escape Room, and according to Escape Manor co-owner Steve Wilson, he’s not at liberty to say.” He even disclosed that CBC reached out to this person for an interview and was forced to decline. Well what is this room you might ask? the Escape Room is a result of a partnership with Communications Security Establishment, who is responsible for stopping foreign cyber attacks on Canadian government’s computer systems. CSE explains that it has been having trouble staffing qualified code breakers to put on their team. They even say how the block close to 1 billion malicious cyber attacks a day. This is all happening without the public knowing as they said that most Canadians have no clue what CSE even does. Therefore, CSE pitched an idea to Wilson’s team to collaborate on an idea that could help recruit potential code breakers to help build innovative tools that can help decrypt communications. Their goal was to create the a realistic yet fictional escape room scenario. There are three rooms in “The Recruit” the name that they gave the escape room. Although not many make it through, Wilson says that this project has helped the company bond friendships and gel as a single unit. It’s interesting to see companies take on ideas like this especially in an attempt to recruit potential computer professionals. Sound like one fun job interview to me.
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