Hacking- A challenge to information security

Information or data security is of high concern for almost all organizations. Hacking though can be dealt with use of firewalls, better and much improved ways of detecting intrusions through advanced software, but some non-technical issues may also lead to hacking, if are ignored. This paper attempts to discuss these non-technical issues, if are taken care off, may reduce the risk of hacking. Also the fundamentals of hacking are discussed.

A survey was conducted with 50 people. Questions regarding hacking were asked and responses were collected. The survey aims to study about the awareness of hacking among people with different age groups. Majority of targeted audience are IT professionals. The survey further aims to study different sources through which intrusion (hacking) is taking place in present scenario.