Ethical Hacking: Role, Importance and Career.
                     ETHICAL  HACKING:  ROLE,  
IMPORTANCE,  AND  
CAREER
Introduction
• Hacking can be defined as to gain unauthorized access to any computer system and 
performing malicious activities. 
• Hacking done without permission is illegal whereas hacking done with permission 
comes under Ethical Hacking and is done to find out vulnerabilities in one’s computer 
system. 
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Unethical Hacking
• Hacking of any system without permission or related activity is considered as serious 
cybercrimes and can lead a person to extreme consequences. 
• There are provisions of years of imprisonment to people found guilty of unethical 
hacking or any other cyber-crime.
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What constitutes ethical hacking?
• For hacking a computer system ethically, the hacker must obey the following rules:
• Written permission to explore the network and attempt to identify potential security 
risks.
• While performing hacking or related tasks, a hacker must respect the individual's or 
company's privacy.
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What constitutes ethical hacking cont.
• After completing his/her work, the hacker must not leave anything open for someone 
else to exploit it later.
• Before starting the hacking, an ethical hacker must inform software developers or 
hardware manufacturers to know of any security vulnerabilities in their software or 
hardware.
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Eligibility for Ethical Hacker
• It is important to have a Bachelor’s degree (BSc, BTech, BE, BCA) in Information 
Technology or Computer Science to become an ethical hacker. 
• Candidates having an advanced diploma in network security can also opt for ethical 
hacking as a career. 
• A certification from a reputed institute enhances the chances of getting hired by 
some big names in the IT sector. 
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Ethical Hacker Salary
• In the present scenario, a fresher Ethical Hacker can expect to get Rs 4.8 lakh per 
annum. However, candidates with higher academic qualifications and work 
experience draw up to Rs 30 lakh per year.
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Role of a White Hat Hacker
• Using port scanning tools like Nmap or Nessus to scan an organization’s systems and 
find open ports. The vulnerabilities with each of these ports can be studied and 
remedial measures can be taken.
• Examining security patch installations and making sure that they can’t be exploited.
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How Ethical Hacking Helps Cybersecurity
• Ethical hacking is considered essential both for companies looking to safeguard their 
information and assets, and for governments looking to defend people and shared 
infrastructure from evildoers.
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Career Prospects
• Growing cases of computer hacking have forced renowned companies, financial 
institutions, and government organizations to recruit ethical hackers. 
• Ethical hackers help these companies in finding out vulnerabilities and possible 
security leaks of their computer systems and also to protect them from any potential 
threat. So Ethical Hacking as a career has promising prospects in the near future.
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Common Careers in Ethical Hacking
• Common job titles within the field of ethical hacking include:
– Penetration Tester
– Vulnerability Assessor
– Information Security Analyst
– Security Analyst
– Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
– Ethical Hacker
– Security Consultant
– Security Engineer/Architect
– Information Security Manager
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