“Security is always going to be a cat and mouse game because there'll be people out there that are hunting for the zero day award, you have people that don't have configuration management, don't have vulnerability management, don't have patch management.”

American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker

Kevin Mitnick was an American computer security consultant and author, known as a convicted hacker. He was arrested in 1995 for computer and communications-related crimes, and later spent five years in prison after being convicted of fraud and illegally intercepting communications. His arrest, trial, and sentence drew controversy, along with the coverage that followed. After leaving prison, he worked in computer security, running Mitnick Security Consulting, LLC and taking part in other security businesses.