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The "how to" on ethical hacking

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NEW DELHI: The threat of a company's own employees stealing the company's intellectual property and selling it to its competitors is very real. Both direct and indirect corporate espionage is a common threat that all corporations need to be wary about," opined Ankit Fadia.





He was speaking with regards to the release of his latest book "The Ethical Hacking Guide to Corporate Security".





Releasing the book, Nasscom President Kiran Karnik said that this book is an attempt to secure the corporate world and allow business managers to look after daily operations rather than worry about the teenage criminal trying to infiltrate into the network.





The book is filled with a balanced blend of hacking techniques and security tips. Fadia offers an in-depth look at the activities of an ethical hacker - one that hacks solely for the challenge - and touches on the distinction of a hacker versus a "cracker" - the destructive hacker out to create viruses or destroy systems.





According to Fadia, this book emanates from his experience of having conducted more than 100 training sessions for corporates worldwide. He realized that CEOs and IT executives of the company should be aware of the danger, which their companies face due to increasing dependence on the Internet. He said that his experience of working with hundreds of clients worldwide has given him adequate evidence to support the belief that a majority of cyber crime cases involve disgruntled internal employees.

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