Ethical Hacker
Ethical Hacker
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Job Description
Ethical hackers perform security vulnerability assessments and penetration tests in accordance with industry-accepted methods and protocols. They analyse systems for potential vulnerabilities that may result from improper system configuration, hardware or software flaws, or operational weaknesses..
Top 14 specific things you need to know
As an Ethical Hacker, you will need to master following:
- attack vectors
- computer forensics
- cyber attack counter-measures
- develop code exploits
- execute ICT audits
- execute software tests
- identify ICT security risks
- identify ICT system weaknesses
- monitor system performance
- penetration testing tool
- perform ICT security testing
- software anomalies
- tools for ICT test automation
- web application security threats
Top 5 general things you need to know
More generally, an ethical hacker is also versed in:
Other things it helps to know to be an excellent ethical hacker
It also helps to know the following:
- ICT encryption
- ICT network security risks
- ICT security legislation
- ICT security standards
- Internet of Things
- Nessus
- Nexpose
- Open source model
- Outsourcing model
- SaaS (service-oriented modelling)
- WhiteHat Sentinel
- cyber security
- define security policies
- hybrid model
- implement ICT safety policies
- implement a firewall
- information confidentiality
- information security strategy
- internet governance
- levels of software testing
- maintain ICT server
- manage IT security compliances
- manage cloud data and storage
- organisational resilience
- proxy servers
- service-oriented modelling
- perform project management
- remove computer virus or malware from a computer
- solve ICT system problems
Top employers for this job
Ethical Hacker (0-2 Yrs Exp.)
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Prereqs Technology Pvt.Ltd
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California
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$250 - $800 / month
- Keywords :
- Ui designer,
- developer