Exploring Hacker Mindsets and Effective Defense Strategies

You can't defend against the cyber enemy if you don't know his movements or how he thinks.

Sanjay Bavisi, president of security certification, training, and education organization EC-Council, at Interop Las Vegas next week will demonstrate step-by-step how a typical black-hat hacker executes an attack from reconnaissance to covering his tracks in the "Seven Habits of Highly Malicious Hackers" presentation on Thursday.

Bavisi also will provide tips on how to protect yourself from each step, as well as a peek into the hacker psyche. He says he'll also show a case study of a hack with national security implications, and how ethical hacking is a successful way to stem attacks.

Here's the trajectory of a typical attack, according to Bavisi:

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