newsbytes@clarinet.com (01/14/90)
LONDON, ENGLAND, 1990 JAN 13 (NB) -- Datatheft, the book published by Mandarin and written by Hugo Cornwall, the original author of the Hacker's Handbook, now in its fourth edition, has been updated. The UKP 5-99 ($9-00) paperback will be published on 1 February in the UK. Billed as 'extensively revised and updated,' Datatheft has a good deal more material included since the book was originally published two years ago. The book seeks to address many of the computer security problems that have hit the industry since the first edition was published. In the book, Cornwall argues that legal reform on its own is insufficient to improved standards in computer security. The author says that the typical computer criminal is not the popular icon, the 'hacker,' but an employee or contractee of the victim taking an opportunity to exploit the system's lack of adequate controls. Hugo Cornwall is also known by his real name of Peter Sommer, one of Britain's best-known computer security consultants specializing in expert witness, insurance and computer forensics. (Steve Gold/19900113/Press Contact: Mary Harpley, Mandarin - Tel: 01-581-9393 x 2496)