5 Things One Must Know about Ethical Hacking

Who is an Ethical Hacker?

An Ethical hacker or a “White-hat Hacker” is someone who“hacks” into the system of an organization or an individual for discovering potential dangers on their network.

 
What does an ethical hacker do?

• An ethical hacker attempts to hack their way past the system security, finding any weak points in the security that could be exploited by other hackers (Black Hat Hackers).
• The organization uses what the ethical hacker finds to improve the system security, in an effort to minimize, if not eliminate, any potential hacker attacks.

What benefits apart from securing their networks do organizations derive from Ethical Hackers?

• A hacker knows exactly how another hacker would try to compromise the network and hence would be armed with the appropriate defense techniques to prevent further breaches.
• A hacker would not charge as much money as a network security specialist would, but would more often than not, secure the network in a specialized fashion.

Is Ethical Hacking a Good Career Option?
A Career in Ethical Hacking is very promising. With monstrous growth in internet usage, the demand for ethical hackers has increased dramatically. According to data from the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), India will need around 500,000 security professionals in the next five years. Right now it just has 40,000.


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