The Role of Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing in Cybersecurity Education
Te‐Shun Chou, Tijjani Mohammed · 2024
No mater individuals or organizations are inevitable to be targets by hackers.Data breaches of sensitive data happen every day.It has become an emergency task to take necessary steps to ensure the data secure from cyberattacks.Penetration testing uses best knowledge and finest techniques and methodologies to conduct exploits, find system vulnerabilities, and assess system defensive strength.By doing such measurements, systems can therefore be hardened to against cyberattacks launched from hackers.It plays a crucial role in maximizing cybersecurity to prevent data losses caused from cybercrimes.In this paper, the importance of penetration testing to cybersecurity education is discussed.Best practices of penetration testing education are also presented.