Thinking Like a Hacker – “How to Mitigate Attacks”

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It seems like almost every week there’s a new giant cyber security breach in the headlines. Some major corporation or government entity has yet once again been hacked by cyber criminals. The question we keep asking ourselves is how did this happen. Not again! The truth is that all these major security breaches were bound to happen as some point because cyber criminals are becoming much more exploitative and cunning when it comes to making a political statement or attempting financial gain. This is nothing new but what is new is the size and scope of these attacks. Cyber criminals have become emboldened by the seeming vulnerabilities projected by each subsequent successful major American corporate breach. It doesn’t help when U.S. government agencies aren’t able to prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes. Enter, a new way of thinking…”Think Like A Hacker!”

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