Mitnick To Speak On Corporate Security

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By Marcia Savage, CRN
Aug 1, 2000 (5:01 AM)

Infamous computer hacker Kevin Mitnick will speak oncorporate security
and the Internet at an e-business conferencehosted by Giga Information
Group in September.

The Cambridge, Mass.-based research firm announced that Mitnick will
be a keynote speaker Sept. 27 at its "Infrastructures for E-Business"
conference in Los Angeles.

Mitnick, who was accused of causing millions of dollars in damage to
technology companies by penetrating their corporate networks, was
imprisoned after leading the FBI on a three-year manhunt that ended in
1995. When he was released from federal prison early this year, he was
barred from any contact with computers or speaking publicly about
technology-related issues.

Mitnick challenged the conditions of his release and recently won
federal approval to pursue some computer-related work, including the
Giga conference.

"While we do not support or endorse Mr. Mitnick's past actions, his
perspective is important as organizations must be able to understand
the hacker mindset in order to effectively combat unauthorized access
and hacker attacks," said Richard Fichera, a vice president and senior
research fellow at Giga, in a prepared statement.

According to Giga, Mitnick's keynote is designed to help attendees
understand why people want to break into networks, how they do it and
what organizations can do to stop them.

Mitnick has maintained that while he did hack into companies'
networks, including Novell Inc.'s, that he did not steal or cause
other damage.

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