The Art of Deception
Are YOU In Danger of Being `Conned`?

Presented by:
Kevin Mitnick, President, Defensive Thinking

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Join us to hear the world’s most famous former hacker share his perspective on the threat of “social engineering”—a highly effective type of attack that exploits the human element of corporate security.

While relatively unknown to the general public, the term “social engineering” is widely used within the computer security community to describe the techniques hackers use to deceive a trusted computer user within a company into revealing sensitive information, or trick an unsuspecting mark into performing actions that create a security hole.

Mitnick illustrates why a misplaced reliance on security technologies alone, such as firewalls, authentication devices, encryption, and intrusion detection systems are virtually ineffective against a motivated attacker using these techniques.

Although there are no reported statistics on the number of successful social engineering attacks, these ages-old techniques have been and continue to be extremely effective against unsuspecting targets, and pose the least risk and cost to your adversary.

In the corporate environment, a large number of unsuspecting victims never realize they have been manipulated. Will your employees be the next?

These attacks are happening everyday by people who intend to steal valuable intellectual property, or who desire to modify or destroy critical data. Don’t ignore this grave threat and educate your people---before it’s too late.

Through concrete examples, Mitnick shares what your business can do to develop a creative and engaging security program that heightens awareness, motivates employees to change their attitudes, influences them to think defensively, and encourages the adoption of good security habits.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
All financial institution personnel from CEO to tellers. All contact personnel will benefit from this program.

About the speaker:  
Kevin Mitnick
With more than fifteen years of experience in exploring computer security, Kevin Mitnick is a largely self-taught expert in exposing the vulnerabilities of complex operating systems and telecommunications devices. His hobby as an adolescent consisted of studying methods, tactics, and strategies used to circumvent computer security, and to learn more about how computer systems and telecommunication systems work.

In building this body of knowledge, Kevin gained unauthorized access to computer systems at some of the largest corporations on the planet and penetrated some of the most resilient computer systems ever developed. He has used both technical and non-technical means to obtain the source code to various operating systems and telecommunications devices to study their vulnerabilities and their inner workings.

As the world’s most famous hacker, Kevin has been the subject of countless news and magazine articles published throughout the world. He has made guest appearances on numerous television and radio programs, offering expert commentary on issues related to information security. In addition to appearing on local network news programs, he has made appearances on 60 Minutes, The Learning Channel, Tech TV’s Screen Savers, Court TV, Good Morning America, CNN’s Burden of Proof, Street Sweep, and Talkback Live, National Public Radio, and as a guest star on ABC’s new spy drama “Alias”. Mitnick has served as a keynote speaker at numerous industry events, hosted a weekly talk radio show on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles, testified before the United States Senate and spoken for Harvard Law School. His book, The Art of Deception, was published in October 2002 by Wiley and Sons Publishers.

Defense Thinking
Kevin is the cofounder and President of Defensive Thinking, a Los Angeles-based security consulting firm (www.DefensiveThinking.com) that provides professional security consulting services and development of training content for security awareness courses by and through public speaking, film/video, seminars, conferences, and instructor-led courses. In addition, the firm offers world-class vulnerability assessments to review computer systems and networks for weaknesses and exposures in technology and procedures. Defensive Thinking also offers expert penetration testing to identify the weaknesses that information thieves may use to breach, modify, or destroy valuable information assets.

About the seminar
This seminar will be delivered utilizing state-of-the-art technology. From the comfort of your office or conference room, you will receive the audio portion of the seminar via telephone, with companion slides, Web pages, polls, Q&A being delivered simultaneously over the Web. One AUDIO line per location can be placed on speaker phone to allow multiple participants.

Handouts will be provided and we welcome questions during and after the seminar, as well as in advance. Questions received after the seminar will be posted on a special Web page for later viewing by seminar attendees.

Contact Information: Billing questions can be directed to Carin Eisenhauer, carin@bankersonline.com. All other questions may be directed to mpetry@bankersonline.com

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