{"id":161267,"date":"2020-12-22T11:41:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T06:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jigsawacademy.com\/?p=161267"},"modified":"2022-10-12T15:54:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T10:24:43","slug":"blogs-cyber-security-ethical-hacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jigsawacademy.com\/blogs\/cyber-security\/ethical-hacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethical Hacking: A Comprehensive Guide In 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Introduction to Ethical Hacking<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The terms \u2018hacking\u2019 and \u2018hacker\u2019 were coined in the 1960s when a computer system security was breached for the first time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since then, the terms have evolved and expanded in their scope in the computing community. Hacking is basically breaking into a computer or computer system by finding its vulnerabilities, with malicious intent. \u00a0Hacking is illegal and the consequences of getting caught are severe.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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  1. What is Ethical Hacking?\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n
  2. Types<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n
  3. Examples\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n
  4. Basics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n
  5. Difference between Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    1. What is Ethical Hacking?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    What is Ethical Hacking? Organizations these days are using hacking as a precautionary measure, to identify bugs and expose chinks in their computer systems, to best protect their computer systems from cyber-attacks. The question arises:\u00a0Is ethical hacking legal?\u00a0Using the process of hacking in a positive manner, with due permission of the companies to find glitches in their systems, so that they could be fixed, is called\u00a0Ethical Hacking.\u00a0Professionals that provide hacking services by legal approval in a legitimate manner without any malicious intent\u00a0are called Ethical Hackers.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    Ethical Hacking\u00a0is also known as penetration or pen testing and involves intruding practices and processes to discover any threats or cyber security weaknesses that can be exploited by a hacker. Ethical hackers find vulnerabilities in parts of computer systems like firewalls, websites, network passwords and come up with solutions that not only detect security threats and guard the reputation of a company but also help in inspiring customer confidence by protecting the\u00a0client’s\u00a0data and information.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    More\u00a0about ethical hacking: \u00a0Ethical hacking also called ‘White Hat Hacking’ involves scanning, footprinting, and tackling all the secured information. Ethical means a philosophy with morality. Ethical hacking needs higher-level skills in comparison to penetration testing. Penetration testing is similar to ethical hacking but the hacker tests threats to security by using penetrating tools.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    2. Types of Ethical Hacking<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    The\u00a0ethical hacking process\u00a0involves an in-depth knowledge of all components of the computer system by ethical hacker. As there are various modules of the computer system that are vulnerable to hacking, there are various\u00a0types of ethical hacking\u00a0involved in securing a system\u2019s data. Some of them are listed below:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n