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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