One one more to go after this one. YEA!!!
Finally we are getting to the real solution portion of the book. The examples, though entertaining, are getting harder and harder to stay focused on because they are very repetitive. This chapter starts the problem solving strategies through awareness and training. I think I mentioned it back in chapter three or four about starting a company that tries to break into companies, well looks like I am behind the times. Businesses like that already exist. If I were shopping for my own organization I would definitely look for a program that combines that technological aspect with that of human touch. I love to hear stories of casinos that hire ex-cons to help them learn how they can get ripped off. I looked up Mitnick on Wikipedia and he himself was quite the social engineer himself. I actually did this before chapter fifteen, but it is applicable to blog about it now. The criminal is the best resource to ward against theft.
What do you guys think? Would you hire an ex-con to help secure your company? How would you know if they were helping or hurting your cause. I am so scared of the unknown and all this technical stuff is well out of my learning range. I could learn to be more skeptical, but I would still need to rely on a strong IT person to help me decipher all the possible ways I could get scammed.
3 comments:
This book really did make me want to learn a whole lot more about IT so I can't be taken advantage of. That seems to be the key. They just know a whole lot more than we do. And I don't think I would be ok with hiring an ex-con to manage it for me. His knowledge is astronomical though.
I guess by hiring an ex-con we would be assuming that they learned their lesson. If not, in a managerial role they could pull the ultimate scam!
I think I would hire an ex-con to secure my company but I would limit his/her access to certain information. I would also make sure that I took a very hands on approach to him/her to make sure that I was keeping track of everything going down. I don't know though, maybe my belief that I could manage him/her is naive.
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