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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) is a qualification given by EC-Council and obtained by demonstrating knowledge of assessing the security of computer systems by looking for vulnerabilities in target systems, using the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker, but in a lawful and legitimate manner to assess the security posture of a target system.
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP, also known as OffSec Certified Professional) is an ethical hacking certification offered by Offensive Security (or OffSec) that teaches penetration testing methodologies and the use of the tools included with the Kali Linux distribution (successor of BackTrack). [1]
The hacker ethic is a philosophy and set of moral values within hacker culture. Practitioners believe that sharing information and data with others is an ethical imperative. [1] The hacker ethic is related to the concept of freedom of information, as well as the political theories of anti-authoritarianism, anarchism, and libertarianism. [2] [3] [4]
Jay Bavisi is the Founder of EC-Council Holding Pte Ltd, [1] [2] the parent company of all of EC-Council Group of Companies. The first organization of the group, International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) was founded in 2001 in response to the September 11 attacks to certify professionals who could protect against attacks on electronic commerce.
A white hat (or a white-hat hacker, a whitehat) is an ethical security hacker. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Ethical hacking is a term meant to imply a broader category than just penetration testing. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Under the owner's consent, white-hat hackers aim to identify any vulnerabilities or security issues the current system has. [ 5 ]
Jeremy Alexander Hammond (born January 8, 1985), also known by his online moniker sup_g, [1] is an American anarchist activist and former computer hacker from Chicago. He founded the computer security training website HackThisSite [ 2 ] in 2003. [ 3 ]
Rafay Baloch (born 5 February 1993) is a Pakistani ethical hacker and security researcher. He has been featured and known by both national and international media and publications [1] [2] like Forbes, [3] BBC, [4] The Wall Street Journal, [5] The Express Tribune [1] and TechCrunch. [6] He has been listed among the "Top 5 Ethical Hackers of 2014 ...
Hack Club is a global nonprofit network of high school computer hackers, makers and coders [3] founded in 2014 by Zach Latta. [4] It now includes more than 500 high school clubs and 40,000 students. [ 5 ]