false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180154256m/1005528.jpg 18160 8 <I>The Art of Deception</I> is about gaining someone's trust by lying to them and then abusing that trust for fun and profit. Hackers use the euphemism "social engineering" and hacker-guru Kevin Mitnick examines many example scenarios.<p>After Mitnick's first dozen examples anyone responsible for organizational security is going to lose the will to live. It's been said before, but people and security are antithetical. Organizations exist to provide a good or service and want helpful, friendly employees to promote the good or service. People are social animals who want to be liked. Controlling the human aspects of security means denying someone something. This circle can't be squared.<p>Considering Mitnick's reputation as a hacker guru, it's ironic that the last point of attack for hackers using social engineering are computers. Most of the scenarios in <I>The Art of Deception</I> work just as well against computer-free organizations and were probably known to the Phoenicians; technology simply makes it all easier. Phones are faster than letters, after all, and having large organizations means dealing with lots of strangers.<p>Much of Mitnick's security advice sounds practical until you think about implementation, when you realize that more effective security means reducing organizational efficiency--an impossible trade in competitive business. And anyway, who wants to work in an organization where the rule is "Trust no one"? Mitnick shows how easily security is breached by trust, but without trust people can't live and work together. In the real world, effective organizations have to acknowledge that total security is a chimera--and carry more insurance. <I>--Steve Patient, amazon.co.uk</I> 19617 17 10 2002 The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security total:325|5:72|4:132|3:92|2:23|1:6| 325 1216 543 34 4 2 false false Mon Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 06 11:06:55 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 20 07:04:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Jan 03 16:47:38 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 16:50:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Apr 08 08:54:09 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 08:55:30 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Jun 22 01:24:38 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 01:25:52 -0700 2007 The Art of Deception, [Kevin Mitnick] discusses the thing he's best at: Social Engineering. Social engineering is the term used in computer security to describe the manipulation of humans in order to break through a security barrier, and is sometimes referred to as hacking the mind.

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