Bundle: Management Of Information Security, Loose-leaf Version, 6th + Mindtap Information Security, 1 Term (6 Months) Printed Access Card
Bundle: Management Of Information Security, Loose-leaf Version, 6th + Mindtap Information Security, 1 Term (6 Months) Printed Access Card
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781337750790
Author: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 7RQ

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Perception of hacker changed over recent years by these ways:

  • In our view hacker is someone who stealthily breaks through computer networks, systems, and data to find the information.
  • But in real world, a hacker frequently spends a lot of time to examine the types and structures of targeted system.
  • Hacker uses the skill, guile, wrong or criminal way to bypass the controls and security placed on the information placed by the owner.
  • The perception of a hacker has changed over the years from a person who has vast knowledge in the field of computer system to a person who uses this knowledge to manipulate the system...

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