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What do ethical hackers do

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Being an Ethical hacker/Security Consultant is a very cool job. Also, depending on who you work for or what your securing the pay can be high.

Another thing to think of though, if you rate a system as safe/hack proof and it gets hacked you have egg on your face and could be in severe trouble.

Its a great job that requires amazing talent, knowledge, forward thinking and a great responsibility to the organisation your protecting.



I wish someone would just call me Sir, without adding 'Your making a scene'.

Rob
 
Also it will also give oppurtunity for hacking without getting caught..:)

What i mean is, some dangerous potential crackers may turn into ethical hakers, hence not wasting their talent for a bad cause.


 
Advanced Access training course and the classroom next to ours was an Ethical Hacking class. It took everything I had not to slip in the back to see what it was all about.

Kelly
 
I do not have CEH cert., but my job entails pen testing, forensics, and a great many other things. What bothers me, being in the position that I am in, is that people think of it as a way to circumvent the law. In a weird roundabout way I guess it is, but I can guarantee you if your boss or someone catches you doing something you weren't supposed to do, you'll face more legal response than you can shake a finger at. ;) It is a great responsibility, with the knowledge you hold, to not go to the dark side as it were. I've come across some pretty smart people, many of them a fair bit smarter than I, but I imagine they felt pretty small when I caught them red-handed. With that said, such a position can be very rewarding. I know it is for me. You learn constantly, you get to have fun while doing it too. Depending on where you are, you can come across a multitude of people.

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