Information technology question
jackr.0035
Lab01.docx· Date assigned: Friday, August 17, 2018
· Due date/time: Tuesday, August 21, at 2:00 pm (class time)
· Covers material from: Chapter 1
· Value of assignment: 20 points, or 2% of the overall grade
· Submission instructions: download this Word document. Enter your response in the space provided. Rename this file with your name in the file name. Upload this file to the assignment dropbox.
· Do NOT write your name or the date above – these will be included in your document’s file name
Scoring Rubric
· Ability to download this document, enter your answers, and upload it back = 6 points
· Response to the two questions below = 14 points, 7 each
Question and its background
We discussed the well-known hacker Kevin Mitnick in class. Much of his expertise as a hacker was gained in the 1980s, when there was no World Wide Web, and the Internet was in its infancy. He used social engineering as well as technical knowledge to break into many systems.
Look up the history of Kevin Mitnick using a search tool like Google and first find out what he used more, technology or social engineering. Second, find out if he was caught, convicted, or served time. Third, look at his security company at http://www.mitnicksecurity.com/ .
Then read the following article from security site DarkReading:
Answer the following two questions. Your two answers, in total, should be no more than 400 words long.
1 Do you believe that security experts/practitioners are very different from hackers, or similar to hackers? Why or why not?
2 Would you hire Kevin Mitnick or any other former hacker to work in your company? Why or why not?
Answers are to be written on the next page.
Answer to question 1 below – expand the space below as necessary.
Answer to question 2 below
