Presented at
DEF CON 9 (2001),
July 15, 2001, 1 p.m.
(50 minutes)
Laurentian University's Hacker Research Team from Sudbury Ontario Canada interviewed and surveyed self-professed hackers at Def Con 8 in Las Vegas and H2K in New York City in July 2000. The objective of the study was an attempt to give a balanced view on hackers - including the "white hats" and the "back hats". Its intent was to collect information that would give a realistic picture of the way hackers think, feel, and behave rather than some unbalanced and contrived picture based on the media or innuendo. The 22-page questionnaire had five parts:(I) hacker demographics, (II) health and mind-body symptoms, (III) routine behaviors, (IV) respondents' likes and dislikes and (V) decisions regarding work and/or school.
The media and academic writers have created many hacker myths based on their feelings or observations. Are they supported by fact or are they just fiction? Of the 20-hacker myths investigated we will present which are supported by the questionnaire data and which are not. We begin to crack the myths with a balance view.
Presenters:
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Bernadette H. Schell
Bernadette H. Schell is Director of the School of Commerce and Administration, Laurentian University, Canada. President of an HR consulting firm in Sudbury, Ontario, she lectures widely on stress management, executive stress, and stalking protection measures. She is author of a Self-Diagnostic Approach To Understanding Organizational And Personal Stressors (1997), Management In The Mirror (1999) and Stalking, Harassment And Murder In The Workplace (2000) all published by Quorum Books. She is the recipient of the Laurentian University research excellence award (2000).
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John L. Dodge
John L. Dodge is a professor within the School of Commerce andAdministration at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario Canada. As a partner in a management-consulting firm, he lectures and consults widely on e-commerce and organizational strategy issues. Prior to his academic career he was President and CEO of a venture capital firm and Vice President Development for a mining and development company. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Dalhousie University, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario and a Ph.D. from the University of Bradford in the U.K. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
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