Corporate Insecurity: True Stories of Corporate Espionage and Network Infiltration

Do you assume that your bank, doctor, and accountant is securely storing your social security number? Do you assume your personal or business data will never be lost or stolen - and if it is, you'll be protected? Do you assume the big businesses you deal with are secure... or, at least, more secure than your own home? If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, you're in for a rude awakening. Companies are only as secure as their weakest link - and, in Corporate Insecurity, one of the world's top white-hat hackers shows just how weak that link can be. Drawing on years of experience performing authorized break-ins at all sorts of organizations, Jim Stickley tells true security horror stories that, while entertaining, are ultimately terrifying. In an era when computer crime is at an all-time high, corporate America is being barraged with attacks from increasingly savvy thieves. From phishing to social networking, phony consultants to compromised hotel business centers, this book reveals how today's attacks are bringing IT security to its knees. Then, drawing on the expertise Stickley uses to defeat corporate security, he shows exactly how to toughen it. Whether you're an IT security specialist or a customer, this is one book you can't afford not to read