the art of deception: controlling the human element of security by kevin d. mitnick, william l....
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“I went to prison for my hacking. Now people hire me to do the same things I went to prison for, but in a legal and beneficial way.” – Kevin D. MitnickTRANSCRIPT
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The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human
Element of Securityby Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon,
Steve Wozniak
Presented by-Dipti SinghalJanish Jindal
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About the author - Kevin Mitnick• Controversial American computer security consultant,
author and hacker.• Best sellers – The Art of Invisibility, Ghost in the Wires,
The Art of Intrusion and The Art of Deception.• Infamous due to his high-profile 1995 arrest and later five
years in prison for various computer and communication-related crimes.• Now runs a firm named Mitnick Security Consulting, LLC
that helps test a company’s security strengths, weaknesses, and potential loopholes.
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“I went to prison for my hacking. Now people hire me to do the same things I went to prison for, but in a legal and beneficial way.” – Kevin D. Mitnick
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Overview of the book• Focuses on the human factors involved with information security and
social engineering.• The book is divided into four parts-
Part 1: Reveals security’s weakest links vulnerable to social engineering attacks. Part 2 and 3: Introduces social engineering threats ranging from simple individual attacks to high level organisational attacks.
Part 4: Outlines recommended corporate information security policies, and an associated training program on information security awareness.
“It takes a thief to catch a thief”
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Positives of the book
• Introduces a whole new perspective of viewing hacking by exploiting human gullibility in comparison to other hacking related books mainly focussing only on technicalities.• Uses a number of real world examples to explain the potential
threats and their preventive measures.• Covers readers from non-technical background also, as every
technical aspect if used is well explained.
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Negatives of the book
• Elimination of the redundant matter from the book would have benefitted the readers.• A few impractical security advises are given. Eg. A) Don't write passwords down B) Don't use simple passwords C) Change passwords monthly
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Why one should read this book?
To protect oneself from the potential social engineering attacks
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