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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. no shit, kev by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    thank you for pointing out the obvious.

    go back to when you were at all relevant.

  2. Re:Who cares... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Troll? Yeah, like this is news. Every system admin knows this, and every system admin also knows that users have a hard enough time remembering their own password. If you say, "hey, if someone calls and asks for your password, don't give it to them." Do you really think they will listen? I mean social engineering is always the easiest way to gain access to a system.

    This whole story seems like it is saying, well we all know this, but now Kevin Mitnick said it, so it must be worth saying again!

    Whoop de shit.

  3. well install some MACS by cheekyboy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ditch the winxp junk and place some nice ibooks there.

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