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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.'"

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  1. He should know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mitnick ended up in jail because he is, pure and simply, a scammer. For the most part his breaks were the result of his cajoling,deceiving and otherwise twisting people's arms into doing what he wanted. Technical prowess had very little to do with his success as a cracker.

  2. SAVE FERRIS! by DLWormwood · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sorry, felt like I had to jump in here...

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