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Mitnick: Security Not about Technology

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the locking-the-doors dept.

renai42 writes "Companies eager to tighten up their information security perimeters should focus not on technology but on teaching their employees how to say 'no', ex-hacker done good Kevin Mitnick told a full house at Toshiba's MobileXchange conference in Melbourne yesterday. 'We can't expect our employees to be human lie detectors,' Mitnick said. 'One of the most difficult challenges in corporate cultures is getting people to modify their politeness norms.'"

7 of 387 comments (clear)

  1. As Nancy Reagan would put it... by carninja · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just say NO!

  2. FREE KEVIN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    oh wait..nevermind..its 2005

  3. pots and kettles by Jippy+T+Flounder · · Score: 5, Funny

    and in other news... "reformed serial rapist teaches women to 'just say no'"

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  4. Definition of geek by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Has not yet said "no"... actually hasn't been asked yet either!

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    Engineering is the art of compromise.
  5. FREE MARTHA! by sulli · · Score: 5, Funny

    oh wait .. never mind...

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    RTFJ.
  6. ** _ by Nailer · · Score: 4, Funny

    offer is only valid with purchase of Kevin of equal or lesser size

  7. FREE TIBET! by Hektor_Troy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Limit: One per customer.

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