Background Information
Cliff Stoll's book the “The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage” is revered as one of the first cases where forensic analysis was used to identify computer intruders. In the mid-1980s, the were ill-established computer forensic practices and Cliff Stoll's book exemplifies this point. Through analyzing discrepancies in an accounting system, he then manages to identify anomalous network connectivity on his network. Throughout the book, you'll learn how he tracked the hackers back to Russia and engaged with several key governmental players.
Read and answer the questions below about the “The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage” by Cliff Stoll.
11)How, if at all, do you think reading this book will help you in the future in both your academic career and post-graduation?
Answer:- The book "The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage" teaches a lot about cybersecurity problems like information sharing, privacy versus security, cyber espionage, and the intelligence dilemma. At this age and time of the internet where cybersecurity is one of the major rights. This book is a bible of cybersecurity bible. Lots of methods that hackers used in this book are still relevant ways to log into someone's computer suspiciously. This book guides through how privacy is important but lots of people still don't consider it a concern that should be raised. Academically this book is a canon for cybersecurity professionals. And the story of Cliff on how he trapped the hackers and the whole story of hacker logging into Lawrence Berkeley Lab can be used to learn a lot about computer attacks and how to tackle them.
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Background Information Cliff Stoll's book the “The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of...
Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage Explain the cuckoo’s egg exploit using the 4 security tenets of confidentiality, integrity, availability, and accountability.