, SecurityFocus 2003-02-13
By all accounts ex-hacker Kevin Mitnick created only a modest stir when he sauntered into the December meeting of the Los Angeles chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). He sat quietly, paid attention, and at the conclusion of the meeting joined with some of the other 60-odd attendees swapping business cards, chatting with fellow computer security workers and discussing his plans for his new consulting business, Defensive Thinking. "He wasn't flashy at all," recalls one chapter member, who didn't recognize Mitnick until the conclusion of the meeting. "He introduced himself as 'Kevin.'"
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By excluding Mitnick, the ISSA is cementing its reputation as an ivory tower entity with too much theory and too little practice to have relevant input on real-world issues.
By begging them to let him in, Mitnick is doing himself a disservice. He should have walked away. I won't say he's humil...
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