Ethical Hacking - An Overview
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The document discusses ethical hacking, describing it as legal penetration testing aimed at identifying and fixing vulnerabilities in computer systems. It outlines the role of ethical hackers, the processes they use, necessary skills, and the advantages and disadvantages associated with the practice. Additionally, it highlights the increasing demand for ethical hackers due to the growing technology landscape and rising cyber threats.
Ethical Hacking - An Overview
- 1. Ethical Hacking Afaq Mansoor Khan
- 2. Content ● Introduction ● Ethical Hackers ● What do Ethical Hackers do? ● Ethical Hacking Process ● Why do We need Ethical Hacking ● Required Skills ● Advantages ● Disadvantages ● Conclusion
- 3. Introduction ● Ethical hacking also known as penetration testing or white-hat hacking, involves the same tools, tricks, and techniques that hackers use, but with one major difference that Ethical hacking is legal. ● It focuses on authorized attempts to gain unauthorized access to systems and find vulnerabilities. Ethical hacking is done with the legal permission of a company to test and increase the security of its systems and networks.
- 4. What do Ethical Hackers do? ● Independent computer security Professionals breaking into the computer systems. ● Neither damage the target systems nor steal information. ● Evaluate target systems security and report back to owners about the bugs found ● They use their skills to improve the security of networks, systems, and applications, utilizing different methods to exploit computer systems and discover vulnerabilities.
- 5. Ethical Hacking Process ● Foot Printing ○ NS lookup ○ IP lookup ● Scanning ○ Port Scanning ○ Network Scanning ● Gaining Access ○ Password Attacks ○ Social Engineering ● Maintaining Access ○ Os BackDoors ○ Trojans
- 6. Why do we need Ethical Hacking?
- 7. Why are Ethical Hackers in Demand? ● The world is changing — technology is growing, organizations are expanding, and malicious attacks are increasing. ● However, there is still a lack of professional ethical hackers who can think critically and have problem-solving skills. Governments and organizations need experts who are familiar with ethical hacking methods to secure networks and data. ● An ethical hacker should have the ability to resolve issues before it becomes a danger, and provide the best security practices.
- 8. Required Skills ● Good programming skills (HTML, JSP, Java, Python) ● Be able to resolve problems related to asset security. ● Deep understanding of operating systems, firewalls, and file systems. ● Knowledge about databases and their operations. ● You should understand what is ethically right and what is ethically wrong. Basic knowledge of networking is also a must.
- 9. Advantages ● To catch a thief you have to think like a thief. ● Helps in closing the open holes in the system network. ● Provides security to banking and financial establishments. ● Prevents website defacements. ● An evolving technique.
- 10. Disadvantages ● All depends upon the trustworthiness of the ethical hacker ● Hiring professionals is expensive.
- 11. Carrier Opportunities ● Security Analyst ● IT Security Administrator ● Cyber Defense Analyst ● System Security Administrator ● Information Security Manager ● Cybersecurity Consultant ● Security Compliance Analyst
- 12. Conclusion ● In the preceding sections we saw the methodology of hacking, why should we aware of hacking and some tools which a hacker may use. ● Now we can see what can we do against hacking or to protect ourselves from hacking. ● The first thing we should do is to keep ourselves updated about those software’s we and using for official and reliable sources. ● Educate the employees and the users against black hat hacking.
- 14. Thank You!