Computer hacking is truly an epidemic. It’s not enough to apply the latest patches to your servers and workstations or otherwise defend yourself reactively. You must understand how hackers minds work and what tools they’re using for their attacks. You need to think like the bad guys. What are the assets that are valuable? How would you go after them? Learning about common attack methods and commonly attacked assets makes you realize that hackers know that the way to valuable data is through the people that handle the data.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2012/10/think-like-hacker-for-better-security.html