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What Ethical Hackers Do

By Aaron Kato


Computer hacking threatens not only private individuals and companies, but also government groups. To hack a computer means to manipulate the normal behaviour of networks and systems. There's little organisations can be if their highly guarded secrets and blueprints, private information, and sensitive financial data are pilfered from their system. The lost of such information can render them helpless. Indeed, it is a very serious problem. That's why it's essential for them to strictly guard their information system and protect it against hackers. And the only way that they can do so is by hiring another hacker.

Though hiring another hacker seems like a foolish plan at first given that organisations want to bar hackers from their system in the first place, there's indisputable wisdom in hiring hackers to guard their IT fort. It's simply because companies need people who can best hackers. They need people who know how hackers think and act. And who else can accomplish those things but another hacker? Company hired-hackers need to penetrate an information system so they would know how others do it. And once that they have discovered where and how others might infiltrate the system, they can now fortify and improve its security measures.

An ethical hacker, also known as white hat, is a master in penetration testing to make sure the security of an company's information system. They often test the vulnerability of the information system of an organisation because hackers constantly look for new ways on how to penetrate a system. They make use of the same methods as illegal hackers to look for and fix the weak points of a computer security. They are typically employed by an company that gives them the authorisation to breach its software system or database.

The distinction between a company's employed hacker and an illegal hacker is that the former not only has permission to infiltrate the organisation's systems, but also the certification to do so. Ethical hackers employed by organisations at least have an Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification. And to obtain this certificate, students are required to possess at least two years experience in computer information security, and must go through 5 days intensive training and testing.

Ethical hacking is only lawful and moral if done with permission from the organisation that owns the information system being infiltrated. If you wish to become an ethical hacker, you can enrol in computer schools that offer Certified Ethical Hacker lessons. Take other computer courses before starting the CEH course to improve your IT know-how. You can take Microsoft Office courses first and sign up for ITIL training later.




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