CyberCrime 2001 Kicks Off with General Security Addresses - Page 3

k. But a professional will latch on to a specific person and look for information via the unsuspecting employee. One such instance Pierce cited was a case with Motorola where a professional called up an employee, chatted him up, gained his confidence and then procured important account information.

Ultimately, Pierce's impromptu talk circled back to the same themes Schmidt's and McLean's discussions did -- that people must be much more aware of what's going in and out of their system, as well as testing it regularly for weaknesses. While these methods of network protection seem obvious on the surface, all of the conference participants said it is surprising how many people either aren't aware, or don't bother to secure their businesses.