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Linux Journal: Theoretical Hacking for IT Managers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 27, 2006

“Not everyone has ‘l33t skilz’ or mass amounts of hardened
TCP/IP stack programming experience. When I’m at work, I don’t look
at logs all day long, nor do I run security audits every five
minutes. I do my job, which takes all of my time. This is the
situation for most small to medium sized companies that have only a
few IT guys. So how does an everyday IT guy handle the constant
threat of impending attack?

“Keeping up with the latest security threats in a mixed OS
environment is virtually impossible…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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