Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking: A Beginner's Guide
In today's digital age, protecting our digital data such as net banking information, account credentials, and medical reports among others is a massive challenge. Cybersecurity is implemented to prevent illegal attacks often referred to as hacking which refers to exploiting weaknesses in a computer network to obtain unauthorized access to information.There are different types of hackers such as black hat, white hat, and grey hat hackers. Ethical hacking is legal and ethical and is used to identify vulnerabilities in a system before an outsider does. It is distributed into six different phases: reconnaissance, scanning, gaining access, maintaining access, clearing tracks, and reporting.
Benefits of Ethical Hacking
Using ethical hacking can help companies to identify vulnerabilities in their systems and protect their customers from further attacks. It can also increase productivity and guard the company's reputation.Skills Required for Ethical Hacking
- Good knowledge of operating environments such as Windows, Linux, Unix, and Macintosh
- Reasonably good knowledge of programming languages such as HTML, PHP, Python, SQL, and JavaScript
- Networking skills
- Awareness of security laws
- Global certification on ethical hacking
Types of Ethical Hacking Certification
- Certified Ethical Hacker Certification (CEH)
- CompTIA PenTest+ Certification
- Licensed Penetration Tester Certification
