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Jul 19

A book review on “Ghost in the Wires” by Steve Hunt – SecurityDreamer

Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures As the World’s Most Wanted Hacker, By Kevin Mitnick

Book Review by Steve Hunt

July 2011 Kevin Mitnick taught me how to play blackjack in Las Vegas. He sat next to me at the Golden Nugget and coached me while I played. I won several times and walked away $400 ahead. He lost about that much. He just didn’t know when to quit. As I read his memoir, I would sometimes shout out loud at the pages. “Kevin, what are you DOing?! It’s time to quit!”  …read the entire review by Steve Hunt

Jun 11

Reading and Review

 

Summer, 2011 – The Journal of Strategic Security- “In today’s information age, the People’s Republic of China has replaced and even improved upon KGB methods of industrial espionage to the point that the People’s Republic of China now presents one of the most capable threats to U.S. technology leadership and by extension its national security.” —Dan Verton, Cyber Warfare Expert .  This quote leads into The Journal of Strategic Security, Summer, 2011  http://www.henley-putnam.edu/templates/hpu/downloadables/journal/2011/JSS_Vol4No2_Summer2011.pdf

 

The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) is a legislatively-mandated review of Department of Defense strategy and priorities. The QDR will set a long-term course for DoD as it assesses the threats and challenges that the nation faces and re-balances DoD’s strategies, capabilities, and forces to address today’s conflicts and tomorrow’s threats http://www.defense.gov/qdr/images/QDR_as_of_12Feb10_1000.pdf

 

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