Ethical hacking as a risk management technique
Syed A. Saleem · 2006
The rapid growth of the Internet has brought many constructive and valued solutions for our lives such as e-commerce, electronic communication, and new areas for research and information sharing. However, like many other technological advancements, there is also an issue of growing number of criminal hackers. Businesses are scared of computer experts who will penetrate into their web server and change their logo, steal their private emails or credit card numbers, or put in software that will quietly transmit their organization's data to somebody in another country. The need is to train our computer science students with ethical hacking techniques, so that they can fight against criminal hackers. Also, organizations should hire experts with hacking expertise to combat above mentioned problems. Hence, this paper will discuss ethical hackers; their expertise, attitude, how they assist their customers and their pros and cons.