Ethical Hacking
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. Ethical hacking is performed with the target’s permission. The intent of ethical hacking is to discover vulnerabilities from a hacker’s viewpoint so systems can be better secured. Its part of an overall information risk management program that allows for ongoing security improvements. Ethical hacking can also ensure that vendors’ claims about the security of their products are legitimate.
Security:
Security is the condition of being protected against danger or loss. In the general sense, security is a concept similar to safety. In the case of networks the security is also called the information security. Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction
Need for Security: Computer security is required because most organizations can be damaged by hostile software or intruders. There may be danger several forms of damage which are obviously interrelated which are produced by the intruders. These include:
● Lose of confidential data
● Damage or destruction of data
● Damage or destruction of computer system
● Loss of reputation of a company
Hacking
Eric Raymond, compiler of “The New Hacker's Dictionary”, defines a hacker as a clever programmer. A "good hack" is a clever solution to a programming problem and "hacking" is the act of doing it. Raymond lists five possible characteristics that qualify one as a hacker, which we paraphrase here:
● A person who enjoys learning details of a programming language or System
● A person who enjoys actually doing the programming rather than just theorizing about it
● A person capable of appreciating someone else's hacking
● A
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. Ethical hacking is performed with the target’s permission. The intent of ethical hacking is to discover vulnerabilities from a hacker’s viewpoint so systems can be better secured. Its part of an overall information risk management program that allows for ongoing security improvements. Ethical hacking can also ensure that vendors’ claims about the security of their products are legitimate.
Security:
Security is the condition of being protected against danger or loss. In the general sense, security is a concept similar to safety. In the case of networks the security is also called the information security. Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction
Need for Security: Computer security is required because most organizations can be damaged by hostile software or intruders. There may be danger several forms of damage which are obviously interrelated which are produced by the intruders. These include:
● Lose of confidential data
● Damage or destruction of data
● Damage or destruction of computer system
● Loss of reputation of a company
Hacking
Eric Raymond, compiler of “The New Hacker's Dictionary”, defines a hacker as a clever programmer. A "good hack" is a clever solution to a programming problem and "hacking" is the act of doing it. Raymond lists five possible characteristics that qualify one as a hacker, which we paraphrase here:
● A person who enjoys learning details of a programming language or System
● A person who enjoys actually doing the programming rather than just theorizing about it
● A person capable of appreciating someone else's hacking
● A