Hackers: who are they and how can they be stopped?

'If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.'

This classic quote from the 2500 year old Chinese book on military strategy, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, has been more recently applied to many areas of business.

In the IT world, perhaps it is appropriate to the most talked-about issue in the industry today - the fight against cybercrime.

We've all seen the popular Hollywood image of the hacker as a cool freedom fighter, battling the repressive forces of Big Business and Government. For the hassled IT director forced to repel their attacks, ranging from the merely annoying to the seriously malicious, the identity and motivation of this very modern enemy is more threatening. Full coverage @ ITWEEK