Keepers of the Cyber World: Ethical Hacking
Ethical Hacking
White-hat
hackers are the unsung heroes in a world under constant siege of cyber threats.
Often thought of in a nefarious light, these practitioners use their skills to
protect the bits and bytes that make up our information age.
Well, how
about those ethical hackers? Ethical hackers, unlike black-hats who exploit
vulnerabilities for financial gain, work with organisations on getting to the
bottom of what — if anything — is wrong with a system and where those
weaknesses that surfaced came from. This includes security auditing and
penetration testing to make sure how easy it is for an unauthorised user to
access sensitive information on your organization. This results in them
locating and even fixing real vulnerabilities that businesses would otherwise
fall victim to.
They also
act as digital mentors, educating companies to fight back their best practices
as well.
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