Hacking Exposed

In this summary you will learn

• Which steps hackers take to break into computer systems
• How to protect yourself against them and make your system more secure
• Why you should know and publish information about your system’s weaknesses

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Why you should read Hacking Exposed

You might expect a massive book about computer hacking to be tedious reading, but - surprise - this one is actually fun. You’ll be impressed by the quality of the writing and the clarity with which the authors explain complicated matters. Why have these clever writers gone public with information on how to hack into computers? They figure that hackers learn how to penetrate systems anyway. It’s the network administrators and other professionals that need to understand hacking to protect their own vulnerabilities. The book, which is detailed almost to a fault, explains how to defend and attack specific programs, Web sites, voicemail, firewalls and even individual Internet users. getAbstract recommends this as an essential reference for businesspeople who want to know why system administrators always look twitchy. It’s also a good tool for any computer professional whose day - or career - might be ruined by a single moment of system weakness.

About the Authors

Stuart McClure  and George Kurtz  are president/CTO and CEO, respectively, of Foundstone Inc. (www.foundstone.com), of which Joel Scrambray  is a principle. The firm provides information system security consulting services to clients ranging from members of the Fortune 50 to newly minted startups. McClure, who has more than ten years of IT and security experience, specializes in security assessments, firewall reviews, e-commerce application testing, host reviews, PKI technologies, intrusion detection, and incident response. Kurtz, an internationally recognized security expert, has performed hundreds of firewall, network and e-commerce related security assessments.