Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 Administrator's Companion

Motivations of a Criminal Hacker

Although a lot of literature has been written about the technical aspects of securing a network, not much is available about who your enemies are and what motivates them to attack. Before you can determine how to protect your organization, you must learn to think like a hacker, figure out where you’re vulnerable, and then develop a game plan to reduce your exposure. If you can understand who would want to do you harm and what can be gained from such harm, you can better protect your company and your information. Make the following assumptions:

• You do have professional adversaries.

• You are on their target list.

• You will be attacked some day.

• You cannot afford to be complacent.

One of the most difficult realities for ...