http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Cybersecurity-a-sham-in-India-Ethical-hacker/articleshow/7432529.cms [Seems Ankit Fadia is confused what the term 'Ethical Hacker' really means, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Ankit-Fadia-wows-students-with-hack-demo-at-IIT-Patna-fest/articleshow/7432187.cms If you do a demo hacking two companies websites and teaching a crowd how to remove your name from the phone company billing list doesn't sound the least bit ethical to me. - WK] By Pranava K Chaudhary TNN Feb 5, 2011 PATNA: India may be IT capital of the world, but it is lagging far behind other countries in cybersecurity, said Ankit Fadia, a renowned ethical hacker here. "Not only are Internet users – individuals, companies and governments - unaware of various risks of cybercrime and fraud, the law enforcing agencies are ill-equipped and ill-trained to tackle them," the 24-year-old Fadia said, who was here to give lecture at an IIT-Patna fest. "With high growth in computer users and networks, the scale and sophistication of cybercrimes have increased," he said. An independent computer security and digital intelligence consultant, Fadia has authored 14 internationally best-selling books on topics related to computersecurity. Talking to TOI about ethical hacking, he said: "The job of an ethical hacker is to get into the minds of computer criminals, think like them and come up with innovative methods to protect computers, networks and data." [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Mon Feb 07 2011 - 01:05:28 PST
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