Computer Science

Week2
#1.Given the rich and diverse skills and mindset of an ethical hacker (technical, administrative, and physical measures), which characteristics do you believe to be the most important in this role? Please explain your choice.
An initial post must be between 250-300 words and please be sure safe assign score (plagiarism) is less than 25%.
#2. Write a paragraph response to below discussion posted
#Posted by Naresh
A hacker is an individual who uses computer, networking or other skills to gain unauthorized access to systems or networks. There are different types of hackers like black-hat hackers, white-hat hackers and gray-hat hackers. Among them a white-hat hacker is also known as an ethical hacker as he/she is the security professional. Ethical hackers know how to find and exploit vulnerabilities and weaknesses in various systems just like a black hat hacker, however, an ethical hacker uses those skills in a legitimate, lawful manner to try to find vulnerabilities and fix them before the bad guys can get there and try to break in. An Ethical hacker must have rich and diverse skills, mindset of black-hat hacker and technical, administrative, and physical measures to perform job duties.
As discussed earlier an ethical hacker often gets access to confidential information, so must maintain their job ethics and completely trustworthy and never download or damage any sensitive data. Another skill is patient and persistent, as they breaking into a system doesn’t just happen. It takes time and effort to successfully plan and carry out an attack. At times, they work long hours. Ethical hackers think outside the box, as they break into a system by thinking differently. They experiment tirelessly, discarding conventional wisdom to reach their end goal. Ethical hacker technically sounds good, as when performing job duties they need to have knowledge of various technologies like computer systems, networking, and database, application servers and strong programing skills.
Among the all characteristics and skills i believe technical skills to be the most important in Ethical hacking role. Ethical hacking follows standard procedures with step by step process; first step is conducting network reconnaissance followed by exploiting software, including web and mobile apps. Next step is hacking into wireless networks and launching Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and final step is evading firewalls and intrusion detection systems with detailed documentation including findings and recommendation to fix known security vulnerabilities. To perform all this tasks he/she must technically sound with skills including computer programing, networking with scripting and virtualization techniques, SQL database concepts to better perform job duties to help client business organization who hired to assess and recommend security vulnerabilities fixes.