Ethical Hackers
Ethical Hackers are cybersecurity professionals working to check and improve the security of a company's computer system. Their task is to perform advanced penetration checks on the company's infrastructure and find any flaws or weaknesses in the security setup.
Starting Salaries
Avg.
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502000
Min.
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104000
Max.
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2000000
Employment Outlook
There are opportunities to work for the military and top-secret intelligence-gathering agencies like the CIA, Mossad, NSA.
A qualified, ethical hacker can also start their own business to provide ethical hacking training and services.
International Opportunities
The United States, India, Russia, China and Germany
Educational Qualifications
BSc in Computer Science/ BCA
Graduation in any IT related discipline
Certification Courses in Ethical Hacking (CEH, CCNA, SCNS, CPTE, CISSP)
Soft Skills
Network traffic Sniffing
Orchestrate various network attacks
SQL injection
DNS spoofing
Operating systems
CCNA certification
CISSP certification
CEH certification
Technical Skills
Network traffic sniffing
SQL injection
DNS spoofing
Session hijacking and spoofing
Exploit buffer overflow vulnerabilities
Orchestrate various network attacks
Password guessing and cracking
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Pros
Very interesting job
Good payscale
Works on making the existing security systems more secure
Highly responsible job
Good future growth
Cons
No direct way of becoming an ethical hacker
If the required permissions are not in place, the result is imprisonment
Time management is difficult