As A Young Boy, I Was Taught

The Methods That Will Most Effectively Minimize The Ability Of Intruders To Compromise Information Security Are Comprehensive User Training And Education. Enacting Policies And Procedures Simply Won't Suffice. Even With Oversight The Policies And Procedures May Not Be Effective: My Access To Motorola, Nokia, Att, Sun Depended Upon The Willingness Of People To Bypass Policies And Procedures That Were In Place For Years Before I Compromised Them Successfully.

You Can Never Protect Yourself 100%. What You Do Is Protect Your Self As Much As Possible And Mitigate Risk To An Acceptable Degree. You Can Never Remove All Risk.

When I Was In Prison, A Colombian Drug Lord, Offered Me $5 Million In Cash To Manipulate A Computer System So That He Would Be Released. I Turned Him Down.

The Perfect Pin Is Not Four Digits And Not Associated With Your Life, Like An Old Telephone Number. It's Something Easy For You To Remember And Hard For Other People To Guess.

I Characterize Myself As A Retired Hacker. I'm Applying What I Know To Improve Security At Companies.