6 Reasons Why Businesses Need Ethical Hackers?
What is hacking? ‘ Hacking ‘, as related to computer software, refers to unauthorized and possibly malicious access to computer programs. Unethical hackers (black hat hackers) try to access computer systems with malicious intent, which could include changing programs for their benefit, stealing trade secrets, accessing confidential emails and data, unauthorized money transfers, or making entire systems crash. (There are others who do ‘just for fun’, to show that it can be done. Such hackers cannot actually be termed unethical, and make the best ethical hackers if properly counselled and offered the right pay package.) Hacking, which has been a part of computing for over 50 years, is a very broad discipline, which covers a wide range of topics. The first reported hacking was in 1960 at MIT and the term ‘Hacker’ was used. For non-geeks, here is a short introduction. Computer software consists of computer programs, which give instructions on how the hardware...