[pchelpers] Article:Exposing the hacker's advantage

posted by ITworld staff
January 12, 2009, 03:45 PM —  ITworld —  

ITworld is undertaking a series of email Q&As with authors who are
experts in their field. The format is equal parts helpful technical tip,
sage career advice, and interesting personal profile. 

This time, we hear from Joel Scambray, co-author of Hacking Exposed, 6th
Ed.

What I like best about computer security, says Joel Scambray, co-author
of Hacking Exposed, 6th Ed., is the challenge of the attackers'
advantage and the defenders' dilemma.

"Fortunately," says Scambray, "information security is one profession
that anyone who uses a computer can learn about first-hand every day."
His advice: "Take a little time regularly to explore the security
features of the computer you use frequently, using the Internet as a
resource for more information. If you want to take it up a level, create
a separate computing environment from the one you use for personal or
business use (for example, a set of virtual machines running a free
operating system like Ubuntu) and try out the attacks and
countermeasures described in Hacking Exposed. There’s no better way to
learn the theory and practice of information security – that’s how the
authors and thousands of readers have done it since 1999!"

More here:
http://www.itworld.com/security/60581/exposing-hackers-advantage
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John Durham
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