Ex-Hacker Kevin Mitnick Teaches From Experience

This Wall Street Journal profile examines Kevin Mitnick’s move into legitimate cybersecurity work after completing his prison sentence and restrictions on computer use.

It describes his security training and consulting activities, including programs intended to help organizations recognize and prevent intrusions and social-engineering attacks. The article also discusses Defensive Thinking, the consultancy Mitnick founded with Alex Kasper, and reports that the two were “partnering with a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., information-technology training center called Intense School Inc.” to deliver their two-day social-engineering course, with clients including “the U.S. Air Force and Marines and mortgage companies.”