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Beat hackers at their own game

Launched as the first definitive anti-hacking course in South Africa, CounterHack has been designed to familiarise approved course participants with network-based attack and penetration techniques that hackers may use against corporate networks.

The course which was first run in October last year in Johannesburg and Cape Town went extremely well, with reports indicating that every person on the course who went back to their office and utilised the course methodology to test their system, found security weaknesses or vulnerabilities. The theme and the main aim for both courses is that: "Hacking is not something that is easy to define, nor is it necessarily a skill that can be learnt. Hacking is a mindset, a way of approaching problems, and a way of life. All we can give you is some insight into the way a hacker works, how to make use of that, and what you will do to protect yourself is up to you."

The Johannesburg course will take place at the First National Bank Conference Centre in Sandton on 18-21 June 2001.

For further details contact Leonora Maclou on tel: 011 498 1659, e-mail: maclole@ey.co.za

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