Know Your Enemy by the Honeynet Project, Addison-Wesley, $39.99, ISBN
0201746131
IN 414 BC Aristophanes wrote: “The wise learn many things from their
enemies.” What was true in his play The Birds has been true for
thousands of military commanders over thousands of years. They have sent scouts
to identify enemies, discover their attack plans, weapons and objectives. But
all this takes place in the physical realm. It’s mind-blowingly different in the
virtual world.
Few organisations have a clue about who is attacking their computer systems.
They may not know how or when the attacks occur, what the enemy might…
