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Web Store Coaching Matthew Ledford Bio TechKnowDude Radio		Todays Guest-Jim Hurst is a North Carolina native who's been in information technology over two decades After picking up a math degree from MIT, he got interested in computers, and has worked for Silicon Valley startups, large firms including IBM, BMG, and SAIC, and for government agencies including NASA and the Department of Defense. He's currently a founding partner of Sage InfoSec, an Asheville company specializing in information security. The Questions we try to answer in this show include: What do you mean by information security? So how do you get to be an ethical hacker? Tell us a little more about your company, Sage InfoSec You mentioned compliance. Isn’t that mostly for large companies? So just what is a penetration test? So are we winning the hacker wars right now? You mentioned zombies, what do you mean by that? What’s a rootkit? www.sysinternals.com So what are the biggest threats to people online right now? This sounds bad. What can people do to protect themselves? Any final words on the subject? Sony Backdoor with CDS BBC Article-Sony Backdoor with CDS CNET-Sony Backdoor with CDS Microsoft Vulnerability New Microsoft Backdoor Patch Info Click this link to listen online to Matthew Ledford's Interview with Senior Netork Engineer and ethical hacker Jim Hurst of Sage InfoSec, Inc.!