This paper is part of a series of educational pieces, to illuminate the importance of a secure environment on the Internet. Too often we hear or see “solutions” to the security problem, promising a silver bullet to stop hackers in their tracks. The scary part is, many IS managers take these promises as truth, and forget about security as soon as they have their firewall in place. Security is a work in progress, it is a job that is never done, an evolving ever changing landscape of problems, and it is easy to see why many people find the task so daunting, that it is swept under the carpet.

It is an expensive and time consuming job, and never easy to accomplish, but I believe these problems need to be brought to light and dealt with. In order to keep up with security needs, the latest exploits have to be tracked, systems patched, the network constantly monitored, and tested. New exploits appear daily, allowing script kiddies, as they are called, easy and complete access over your system, which may contain valuable or sensitive personal or financial data.

Download Britney’s Guide to Hacking NT in 5 Easy Steps Tutorial