I’m working on a college report on ethical hacking. Because members of TechRepublic are so knowledgeable, I figured I should get an opinion and accept any feedback for improvement. Please check it in detail and answer with any correction that you think I should make. This includes innacuracies, anything you don’t agree with, and just about any contribution or insight you can provide. Your help is greately appreciated. The whole report doesn’t fit in the question, so I just post whatever fits, and you can find the rest on my page (http://www.aldanaweb.com/capella/manuscriptroughdraft.htm).
Here is my report:
Just about any IT professional should devote some attention to security — whether it is an individual computer, or an enterprise WAN network. Today, computers and networks are an essential contribution to the development and success of businesses and organizations, but their benefits are increasingly jeopardized by the speed and sophistication of security breaches and attacks. Common preventive actions installing the latest patches, updating the Anti-Virus DAT files, configure the firewall(s), and install an intrusion-detection system. However, no matter the effort, there is always the concern that not enough was done to protect the system from attacks. When the IT professional encounters this situation, it becomes almost inevitable to stand on the attacker’s shoes. He or she must try to figure out what would an attacker attempt to hack the system. In other words, the IT professional must learn to actually be hacker to anticipate other hacker’s moves and effectively protect his or her system from unauthorized access. The dilemma is that depending on the location and culture, hacking is legal, illegal, unethical, or both illegal and unethical. The alternative for this issue is to explore the possibility of becoming an Ethical Hacker…
The rest of the report is my page (http://www.aldanaweb.com/capella/manuscriptroughdraft.htm)