This needs to be brought to management and presented
in business terms and scenarios, so that the ultimate decision makers can truly understand
these threats without having to know the definitions and uses of fuzzing tools,
bots, and buffer overflows.
The Controversy of Hacking Books and Classes
When books on hacking first came out, a big controversy arose pertaining to whether they
were the right thing to do. One side said that such books only increased the attackers??™
skills and techniques and created new attackers. The other side stated that the attackers
already had these skills, and these books were written to bring the security professionals
and networking individuals up to speed. Who was right? They both were.
The word ???hacking??? is sexy, exciting, seemingly seedy, and usually brings about
thoughts of complex technical activities, sophisticated crimes, and a look into the face
of electronic danger itself. Although some computer crimes may take on some of these
aspects, in reality it is not this grand or romantic. A computer is just a new tool to carry
out old crimes.
CAUTION Attackers are only one component of information security.
Unfortunately, when most people think of security, their minds go right to
packets, firewalls, and hackers.
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