Nearly every computer is networked these days, and that situation holds the potential to expose information to the world. There is also more computer expertise out in the market. Some of these individuals use their skills for developing, maintaining, and improving computer technology. Others, unfortunately, use their knowledge for ill gains. This is the behavior of a hacker.
Hackers tend to target unsecure systems.
This is the challenge for system administrators. Computing environments, particularly those that contain sensitive data, should make the issue of security a high priority. In general, hackers do not spend significant amounts of time on one hack instance. If a system administrator takes a consistent and proactive approach toward securing the systems for which he or she is responsible, then this action will virtually guarantee a decrease in the likelihood of a security attack. Copyright 2001 Interex.