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BP Gulf Oil Spill Critics: DEAD, Missing, Jailed! Police Tyranny in WIU?!

My commentary on police state crack down at a Western Illinois University party in which they used tear gas and sound weapons, the globalist attempts to impoverish average citizens, the mysterious deaths of BP Gulf Oil Spill critics and more. Mass Arrests, Tear Gas, Sound Weapons used Against WIU Students www.youtube.com Riots end annual block party www.connecttristates.com Silver Slumps for Third Day as Increased Margins Drive Selling www.businessweek.com 400 US taxpayers account for 10% of all capital gains in 2007! www.zerohedge.com 44199391 people on food stamps www.fns.usda.gov 10 States Where Pensions Are Running Out of Money finance.yahoo.com Deutsche Bank Faces Billion Claim From US in Mortgage-Fraud Lawsuit www.bloomberg.com Dead, Missing, Jailed — BP Whistle Blowers healthfreedoms.org Dr. Thomas B. Manton ufdc.ufl.edu Dr. Geoffrey Gardner – ALL KINDS of sea birds PARALYZED and DEAD around SARASOTA www.youtube.com Cyclist, 66, killed by truck on last leg of 3200-mile trans-America charity ride www.dailymail.co.uk BP Oil executive, mother-in-law killed in Gulf of Mexico plane crash www.ksdk.com Chitra Chauhan, woman in apparent hotel cyanide suicide, worked in USF Global Health laboratory www.wtsp.com
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Posted by Ruth Miller - August 13, 2011 at 11:25 am

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Dead Kennedys – Stars and Stripes of Corruption

*I’m by no means associated with the Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra or Alternative Tentacles, so please don’t sue me. I’m too poor to afford a lawyer. * Dead Kennedys Frankenchrist Track 10 – Stars And Stripes of Corruption Lyrics: Finally got to Washington in the middle of the night I couldn’t wait I headed straight for the Capitol Mall My heart began to pound Yahoo! It really exists The American International Pictures logo I looked up at that Capitol Building Couldn’t help but wonder why I felt like saying “Hello, old friend” Walked up the hill to touch it Then I unzipped my pants And pissed on it when nobody was looking Like a great eternal Klansman With his two flashing red eyes Turn around he’s always watching The Washington monument pricks the sky With flags like pubic hair ringed ’round the bottom The symbols of our heritage Lit up proudly in the night Somehow fits to see the homeless people Passed out on the lawn So this is where it happens The power games and bribes All lobbying for a piece of ass Of the stars and stripes of corruption Makes me feel so ashamed To be an American When we’re too stuck up to learn from our mistakes Trying to start another Viet Nam Whilke fiddling while Rome burns at home The Boss says, “You’re laid off. Blame the Japanese” “America’s back,” alright At the game it plays the worst Strip mining the world like a slave plantation No wonder others hate us And the Hitlers we handpick To bleed their people dry For our evil empire The drug we’re
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Is corruption a local issue or has it become a global disease? And can there be a global mechanism to fight it?
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Posted by Dwayne Coots - December 18, 2010 at 5:25 am

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“Paul is Dead”: New Song Solves Urban Legend





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Franklin, TN (PRWEB) August 28, 2008

A college English professor and Americana Luke Powers songwriter sorts through the evidence of the world’s greatest urban legend–that real Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced by an impostor or fake labeled “Faul.” Powers comes to an amazing conclusion in song.

Luke Powers has been wondering for a long time. For years the words turned over in his head. Sleeping and waking: “Turn me on dead man”; “28 IF”; “I buried Paul.”

“I always wondered,” Powers says, “then the answer came to me in a song.”

Most folks over forty, and even some under, will recognize these “clues” that real Paul McCartney allegedly died in an automobile accident during the height of the Beatles’ fame in 1966.

“He blew his mind out in a car,” John Lennon sings in “A Day in the Life” (1967) from ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ (1967) — a purported reference to his erstwhile partner’s untimely demise. The album cover has been interpreted as a funeral for the missing McCartney: the wax dummy of the Beatlemania Paul consoling a doleful Ringo and the flowers in the shape of a guitar seeming to spell out a disconsolate “Paul?”

And then there is the legend of the grand cover-up: the legitimate Paul replaced by the impostor “Faul” — who has been alleged to be either a Canadian, or in the tale’s latest incarnation, an alien-human hybrid. A reptilian, no less. The same sort of stealthy super-species conjectured to have interbred with the British Royal family and the Bush dynasty.

Internet sites provide “undeniable” evidence of history’s greatest switcheroo using photos pre- and post-1966: Faul appears taller than Paul, has a different head shape and even different color eyes.

But is Paul Faul? Powers admits that he was skeptical at first.

“After all, Powers says, “Faul wrote as many big hits as the ‘Yesterday’ and Michelle’-penning Paul–just look at ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘Let it Be’.” But he adds, “Of course he did have a questionable solo career marred with irritatingly catchy songs like ‘Silly Love Songs,’ ‘Coming Up’ and ‘Ebony and Ivory.’”

But the websites and the conspiracy theories started to fit together like a well-made pop song. Powers says, “‘Paul is Dead’ almost wrote itself — although I did contribute the words, chords and melody.” The track appears on Powers’ new release Texasee (Phoebe Claire Publishing 2008), an Americana concept album that examines that enigmatic border country between reality and illusion that most of us inhabit most of the time.

A world in which Billy the Kid is still alive, riding his horse on an interstate (and plugging a state trooper for pulling him over). A world in which a shy little pretty preacher’s wife breaks and murders her husband in “Selmer Tennessee.” A world in which multi-murderer Charles Whitman, University of Texas at Austin’s 1966 “shooter,” is forever climbing his tower.

1966. The same year that some would have it that Paul became Faul.

“Paul is Dead” provides the world’s most famous urban legend with a narrative, which if not necessarily plausible, or true, at least has the virtue of consistency. Its Paul (or Faul) is an unknowing reptilian-human DNA hybrid produced by M16 and his record company for the sake of national pride and profits. The other Beatles suspect that Faul is different, but accept him because he “still writes hits”–even if he can be a tad overbearing (no doubt the results of his power-hungry “reptilian brain”).

The song plays with the idea that supposes that Faul is simply part of the ultimate conspiracy theory: the creation of “a new world order, a prison planet without any borders, run by Masons, Bilderbergs, Federal Reserves and overseen by the Googooluminati.”

Is it true? Is it a hoax? Is it a hoax of a hoax? These are questions. Questions that may have answers. Or may not. The song simply proposes, only the gentle listener can dispose.

The song is available for free download and full disclosure at www.texasee.com.

“Paul is Dead.” Long live Faul? Only you can decide.

For more information on Luke Powers see Phoebe Claire Publishing and illustrated lyrics and information about the Texasee album go to www.texasee.com.

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Posted by Arman Ayoya - December 4, 2010 at 5:25 am

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DEAD PREZ – POLICE STATE

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Description: Hip hop artist and political rapper AKIR sits down for an exclusive interview with RT’s Anastasia Churkina to discuss the abusive relationship between America’s government and its people.

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Posted by admin - December 2, 2010 at 11:25 pm

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Dead Prez – Police State

Off Lets Get Free (Lyrics) [Chairman Omali Yeshitela] You have the emergence in human society of this thing that’s called the State What is the State? The State is this organized bureaucracy It is the po-lice department. It is the Army, the Navy It is the prison system, the courts, and what have you This is the State — it is a repressive organization But the state — and gee, well, you know, you’ve got to have the police, cause.. if there were no police, look at what you’d be doing to yourselves! You’d be killing each other if there were no police! But the reality is.. the police become necessary in human society only at that junction in human society where it is split between those who have and those who ain’t got [Dead Prez] I throw a Molotov cocktail at the precinct, you know how we think Organize the hood under I Ching banners Red, Black and Green instead of gang bandanas FBI spyin on us through the radio antennas And them hidden cameras in the streetlight watchin society With no respect for the people’s right to privacy I’ll take a slug for the cause like Huey P. while all you fake niggaz {*UNNNGH*} try to copy Master P I want to be free to live, able to have what I need to live Bring the power back to the street, where the people live We sick of workin for crumbs and fillin up the prisons Dyin over money and relyin on religion for help We do for self like ants in a colony Organize the wealth into a socialist economy A way of life based off the common need And all
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Posted by Ruth Miller - November 30, 2010 at 5:25 am

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Stars and Stripes of Corruption

Video created by Luckynum1 that features the song Stars and Stripes of Corruption from the album Frankenchrist by the Dead Kennedys.

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Posted by admin - November 6, 2010 at 2:53 pm

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William Cooper Attacks Alex Jones From The Grave Again

William Cooper Attacks Alex Jones From The Grave Again!
From the 2nd hour of the Sunday show on 08-08-2010

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Here we go again. Alex just doesn’t seem to like these calls. I thought it was quite odd that this part is missing from the? Alex Jones’ channel upload for 08-08-2010 – what’s up with that? It was also extremely difficult to get from prison planet; there was no wmv for that day and the mp4 was jacked. Why doesn’t Alex cover Rod Class and friends serving 541 Congress members notice that they are doing buisness as a corporation and it’s going to be brought b4 the Hague? Alex always said to do our own research so I’m just asking questions here. By the way, the congress critters are all in default including Ron Paul. As much as I have always loved what Ron Paul has stood for, he works for the corporation. Why doesn’t Alex cover that?

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50 Things you Didn’t Know About Disney World

Think you know everything about Walt Disney World Resort and its four world-class theme parks – Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom? Think again! Even the biggest Disney fanatic will be amused, intrigued or surprised by some of the 50 fascinating Disney World facts listed below . . .

1. Walt Disney World encompasses 30,500 acres, making it approximately the same size as San Francisco.

2. When Disney’s Magic Kingdom first opened its doors on October 1, 1971, adult admission cost $3.50.

3. The opening day crowd at Disney’s Magic Kingdom was approximately 10,000 guests.

4. The eight “E ticket” attractions at Disney’s Magic Kingdom were Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Country Bear Jamboree, Hall of Presidents, Jungle Cruise, It’s a Small World and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.

5. The estimated annual attendance at Disney’s Magic Kingdom is 16.2 million, followed by Epcot with 9.9 million, Disney-MGM Studios with 8.6 million and Disney’s Animal Kingdom with 8.2 million.

6. Cinderella Castle is Disney’s tallest structure at 189 feet, followed by Space Mountain at 183 feet.

7. Both the Carousel of Progress and It’s A Small World made their debut at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair.

8. The 180-foot-tall Spaceship Earth at the entrance to Epcot weighs approximately 16 million pounds.

9. The Haunted Mansion uses state-of-the-art Omnimover vehicles called “Doom Buggies.”

10. The jolly headhunter who shows up near the end of the Jungle Cruise is known as “Trader Sam.”

11. In conjunction with the 2006 release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men’s Chest, the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disney’s Magic Kingdom was renovated to add several characters from the movie such as Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa.

12. The icon of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, The Tree of Life, stands 14 stories, features more than 300 animal carvings and is 50 feet wide.

13. Built in 1917, Cinderella’s Golden Carrousel in Fantasyland was once located at Olympic Park in Maplewood, New Jersey.

14. The Great Movie Ride at Disney-MGM Studios is housed in a replica of Mann’s Chinese Theater.

15. Astro Orbiter first opened in Tomorrowland in 1974 as Star Jets.

16. The Hall of Presidents had its origins as an audio-animatronic exhibition called “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln,” which premiered at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair.

17. Originally known as the “Tropical Serenade,” the Tiki Room in Adventureland was once sponsored by Florida Citrus Growers.

18. The 60-foot-tall Swiss Family Treehouse in Adventureland weighs approximately 200 tons and is made of concrete and thousands of polyethylene leaves.

19. Cinderella Castle, the centerpiece of Disney’s Magic Kingdom, features 18 towers and 13 gargoyles.

20. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh at Fantasyland is located on the site of the former Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.

21. The “Spirits of America” statues in The American Adventure at Epcot represent Adventure, Compassion, Discovery, Freedom, Heritage, Independence, Individualism, Innovation, Knowledge, Pioneering, Self-Reliance and Tomorrow.

22. Towering four stories over DinoLand U.S.A. at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Dino-Sue is an exact replica of the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex ever discovered.

23. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in Frontierland features six trains: I.B. Hearty, I.M. Brave, I.M. Fearless, U.B. Bold, U.R. Daring and U.R. Courageous.

24. The Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster – Starring Aerosmith at Disney-MGM Studios launches you at a speed of 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds.

25. A swinging suspension bridge leads from Tom Sawyer Island to Fort Langhorne, which was named after Samuel Langhorne Clemens (better known as Mark Twain).

26. The replica of the Liberty Bell that can be found in the center of Liberty Square was built from the same authentic cast as the original in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

27. The exit to Haunted Mansion features crypts with humorous names inscribed such as I.M. Ready, Rustin Peese, Pearl E. Gates, Manny Festation, Dustin T. Dust and Asher T. Ashes.

28. The Walt Disney World Railroad, which serves approximately 1.5-million passengers annually, is an authentic 1928 steam-powered train.

29. The Mission: SPACE thrill ride at Epcot is so authentic that motion sickness bags are available just in case of emergency.

30. Mickey’s Toontown Fair was once known as both Mickey’s Birthdayland and Mickey’s Starland.

31. Sonny Eclipse, an “intergalactic lounge singer,” performs daily at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café in Tomorrowland.

32. In order to rank as a “Galactic Hero” at Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, you must score 900,000 to 999,999 points.

33. The audio-animatronic dog in the Carousel of Progress is named “Rover.”

34. Astronauts Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper and Jim Irwin were present at the grand opening of Space Mountain in 1975.

35. Stitch’s Great Escape in Tomorrowland lies at the former site of ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter, which closed in 2003.

36. One of the original attractions at Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Tomorrowland Indy Speedway was once known as Grand Prix Raceway.

37. Recently renamed The Seas with Nemo & Friends, The Living Seas pavilion opened at Epcot in 1986 and was originally sponsored by United Technologies.

38. “Honey, I Shrunk the Audience,” a 3-D film at Epcot, is located in Future World at the former site of “Captain EO,” another 3-D adventure that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starred Michael Jackson and Anjelica Huston.

39. Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus was the first champion at the Walt Disney World Open Invitational, which made its debut in 1971.

40. The Tomorrowland Transit Authority was originally called the WEDway People Mover (WED standing for Walter Elias Disney).

41. Disney’s Magic Kingdom, which encompasses approximately 107 acres, is itself larger than Disneyland, which only covers 80 acres in Anaheim, California.

42. The design of Main Street U.S.A. was loosely based on Walt Disney’s hometown of Marceline, Missouri.

43. The Swiss Family Treehouse is of the species Disneyodendron eximus or “Out-of-the-Ordinary Disney Tree.”

44. The 189-foot-tall water tower icon at Disney-MGM Studios is known as the “Earffel Tower.”

45. Jungle Cruise riverboats include Amazon Annie, Bomokandi Bertha, Congo Connie, Ganges Gertie, Irrawaddy Irma, Kwango Kate, Mongala Millie, Nile Nelly, Orinoco Ida, Rutshuru Ruby, Sankuru Sadie, Senegel Sal, Ucvali Lolly, Volta Val, Wamba Wanda and Zambesi Zelda.

46. Splash Mountain in Adventureland features a five-story, free-fall plunge at a 45-degree angle into a splash pool at a speed of 40 miles per hour.

47. The 8,500-acre Disney Wilderness Preserve, which lies 15 miles South of Disney World, features a Conservation Learning Center and hiking trails.

48. Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin is located at the former site of If You Had Wings in Tomorrowland.

49. The three “talking heads” who introduce the Country Bears Jamboree are named Buff, Max and Melvin.

50. Approximately 46 million people visit Walt Disney World – including Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios, Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Downtown Disney – annually.

Ryan Wiseman
http://www.articlesbase.com/travel-articles/50-things-you-didnt-know-about-disney-world-110072.html

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Posted by admin - July 22, 2010 at 4:44 am

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Louisiana Women Exposes BP’s Corruption pt-1

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Posted by admin - July 10, 2010 at 7:58 am

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It’s All About People, Process, and Technology. Technology is Dead Last in the Order of Importance When it Comes to Security

The recent and explosive growth of the Internet and technology has brought many good things such as e-commerce, collaborative computing, online markets and new avenues of sharing and distributing information. But each side has its counterpart, and with the technological advances came hackers. With this dark side and the many security breaches that are associated with it, companies, governments and individuals are afraid of hackers breaking into their servers or networks, stealing valuable data, collecting passwords and intercepting financial and credit card information.

And many times this can become reality. Recently, there has been a flurry of security breaches among large organizations such as Western Union, that reported a security breach on their Web site that let loose the credit-and debit-card information for 15,700 customers. Another recent hacker case is a 16-year-old youth, who admitted hacking into military and NASA computer networks. His activities caused a three-week shutdown of NASA’s systems and a security breach of a military computer network which protects against conventional, biological, chemical and nuclear-weapon attacks. That’s just a small sampling of actual hacks. Most industry watchers agree that only a handful of security breaches are ever reported.

For a long time, most computer network crackers hacked a system for the same reason: “Because it’s there.” But that’s no longer the only reason or even the dominant one. More hackers now do it because “It’s where the money is.” In the past decade, hackers have changed from script kiddies who hacked websites and spread worms to professionals sponsored by foreign governments and organized crime. Modern hackers want more than infamy. They exploit new technologies to crack systems or hack into computer systems and hold data for ransom. Hackers today commit real crimes, sometimes for significant financial gain.

To safeguard themselves from the modern hackers, most companies and government agencies that want to uncover network and system security vulnerabilities have two choices: they can hire a team of penetration experts to scan and probe their systems and uncover their vulnerabilities, or they can wait for a malicious hacker to come by and exploit them. Unfortunately, many times it is the latter. A security analysis or penetration test, performed by a security consultant, would produce a report or security posture assessment, detailing all vulnerabilities found and the actions needed to remedy them and minimize the risk of being the victim of a successful hack attack.

The security consultant or penetration expert can be a “white hacker”, someone who uses ethical hacking to discover vulnerabilities within a network or a reformed “black hacker”, who once was an active part of the dark side and used to exploit the identified security holes. The subject of whether it is ethical to use former hackers to evaluate a network’s security is a topic that is often hotly debated – and for many reasons.

Ethical hackers or security consultants typically have very strong programming and computer networking skills and have been in the computer and networking business for several years. Their base knowledge and expertise is augmented with detailed knowledge of the hardware and software, project management skills and methodology which are necessary for the actual vulnerability testing, as well as when reporting after the test was performed. In addition to that, ethical hacking seminars, courses and certifications are being offered to IT professional to broaden their horizon and skills in these fields. But many times these hacking courses and seminars only provide a very limited insight, outdated hacking or only basic hacking techniques. Their main purpose is to educate professionals but not to create a new generation of hackers. The goal is to fill security holes, not exploit them.

A disadvantage that white hackers or security consultants have over hackers is the real world experience and the insight knowledge. There are many things that cannot be taught in a seminar or learned from a book. The most obvious advantage former hackers have, is the real world hacking experience. As each network system differs based on various network defenses and configurations, the hack approach will be unique and only someone with plenty of real world hacking experience can efficiently go from using one technique to another as required by the present situation.

Another positive aspect of hiring reformed hackers as security consultants is that staying up on the latest security exploits, vulnerabilities and countermeasures is part of their job. A good hacker has a level of security knowledge that goes far beyond that of most other IT professionals. Keeping up with the latest exploits and countermeasures is a full time job and although the IT professional has an acceptable level of security knowledge, they must focus most of their attention on the day to day responsibilities of keeping the network up and running. To make up these “deficiencies” many white hackers and security consultants rely on automated and commercial vulnerability and penetration software, that can provide needed security reports, but their functions are limited. The huge differences can be seen when comparing the results from an automated scan and a hacker assessment or professional penetration test.

But before a company makes the decision to hire a reformed hacker, one needs to evaluate the negative sides. Certainly there are several types of hackers that can be found. One kind oft them are the “gray hats” – the unpaid tinkerers who find flaws to improve security for everyone. They are the best hackers, because their passion for tinkering drives their excellence and they do not break the laws. The black hat hackers – the criminals – break the law and feel justified doing it. They are the kind of hackers who seek to increase their fame in the hacker community, while others want to prove at any cost that their targets’ security is vulnerable. Black hats wreak havoc not only by their own actions but also by drawing attention to weaknesses that they and cybercriminals can exploit. The last and worst kinds of hackers are the cybercriminals, who perpetrate the worst crimes. They are paid to use existing tools and techniques to steal confidential personal, government or industry information, and particularly financial data. Cybercriminals usually work for foreign governments, organized crime or independently.

The probably biggest negative in the decision making process is trust. Which hacker will you hire and how much can you trust them? The main premise of security is deciding who you trust and then locking out everyone else. When hiring a hacker as a security consultant, because of network’s security concerns, paradoxically the trust goes to the criminal. Not only is it the trust factor that plays a major role in the decision making process but also the impact the decision might have on customers and shareholder. How will the customers react, if they knew a former criminal was hired to test the security of a system or database that contains all personal and financial information? Someone with a questionable morale and judgment, is not someone who should have control of a corporate network with sensitive data. In most cases hackers, and that is what makes them hackers, do not appreciate or respect standard business processes and structures. A disgruntled hacker with inside knowledge of a company’s networks could create a nightmare scenario.

Hackers are like adventurers, motivated by intellectual curiosity. “The more secure you make your systems, the more you attract them. The hacker mind-set is like exploring space, except they’re exploring the network. If that essential curiosity on finding out how things work, which is what causes people to be hackers, goes away, then you don’t necessarily want that person as a hacker or security consultant. However, just because a hacker has the desire and capabilities to explore a network, does not necessarily make them prepared to build a secure network and fix identified vulnerabilities. Breaking into things, does not always mean knowing how to fix them. These are two different skill sets. Once security threats have been identified, these need to be communicated including the potential business processes affected by the vulnerability, along with a list of impact assessments and countermeasures. Besides technical knowledge, the hacker will need to have experience in business processes and management, to relay his findings to the company.

Another hey factor to consider before making a decision who to hire as a security consultant, is to know that no computer system is ever completely secure, especially when considering the human factor. Spending astronomical amounts of money pursuing total security, by hiring security consultants and eventually becoming dependent on them, is not going to help. Some corporations in some industries must guard against intrusions from tech-hungry foreign governments – in particular China, France, Israel, Japan, Germany and Russia – that converted their cold-war spy machinery into “economic espionage” units, but that does not apply to all businesses. A realistic set of goals of what to expect from a security consultant need to be set first.

But no matter what the decision is and if the company hires a professional security consultant or a reformed hacker, the real threat will be still there. Any hacker, who wants to exploit a system will always try to use the path of least resistance. This path of least resistance is often through the front door. The front to door can be “identified” as the area over which businesses may have the least control: people. People are the weakest but first link when it comes to security. With good social engineering skills and not very well trained employees, disgruntled workers and ex-employees, a hacker can get enough information to access a system, insert malicious codes that contain keystroke and network sniffers and other means to collect information. The hacker just “exchanged” his keyboard with social engineering. And this is a part of security where a highly educated security consultant or a reformed hacker will not be able to help you.

Dasha Deckwerth
http://www.articlesbase.com/security-articles/its-all-about-people-process-and-technology-technology-is-dead-last-in-the-order-of-importance-when-it-comes-to-security-703665.html

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