hakin9 StarterKit IT Practical Solutions for Newbies

Profile: hakin9 SK, bimonthly magazine is step-by-step guide to hacker techniques. It covers basic techniques of breaking into computer systems. This magazine starts with entry level examples of the most popular security topics. Each issue will be devoted to concrete topic. It covers a couple overview articles to define what information/system security is, the basic terminology, and then an overview of some of the main technical components necessary in information/system security (in other words - firewalls, IDS, HIDS, basic system/application hardening, log monitoring, antivirus, etc.) It will be moved on to the basic of some of the tools for security assessments (vulnerability scanners, patch scanners, network mapping tools, and penetration/exploit tools).

Target: It is necessary for the person to already have at least an intermediate level of knowledge of system/application administration. It is directed to all of those who are interested in securing network infrastructure and systems.

computer science students - 46%
system administrators - 14%
security specialists - 18%
programmers - 12%
others - 10%

Purpose: The beginner articles in hakin9 are good, because there is so much to learn as a beginner, so that a special magazine would be good for that. Most readers feel overwhelmed at times with all the information -- and lack of it -- that hakin9 StarterKit issue would be great addons to standard hakin9 magazine. And we can create a market for back-issues.
hakin9 is intended to those who cannot truly
understand how to secure the system/application or why to do so.
hakin9 SK content is a prelude to more advanced techniques presented in hakin9 Hard Core IT Security Magazine.