1. Introduction to Ethical Hacking
The simple Definition for Ethical hacking is that:
“It is an Art and science of determining the vulnerabilities of your
information infrastructure to better defend them”.
It is performed by high skilled ethical security professionals.

2. Who are Hackers?
Hackers can be divided into three groups:
White Hats Good guys, ethical hackers
Black Hats Bad guys, malicious hackers
Gray Hats Good or bad hacker; depends on the situation
Ethical hackers usually fall into the white-hat category, but sometimes
they’re former gray hats who have become security professionals and
who now use their skills in an ethical manner.

3. Why ethical hacking?
Why ethical hacking is because there are many advantages of ethical
hacking like
To take preventive measures against hackers.
To fight against terrorism.
A system that helps prevent entry by hackers to create.
Ethical hacking will reveal the flaws of what is being
hacked (software, a website, a network, etc.)
without actually causing any damage. An ethical
hacker will find the flaw and report it to the owner so
that it can be fixed as soon as possible.

4. Approaches of ethical hacking
So here are some approaches of ethical hacking and friendly speaking
these approaches that are mentioned here can only be understand by a
hacker because these ways of hacking are way too complicated to define
in a short amount of time.

5. Ethical Hackers & Careers
Businesses and government-related organizations that are
serious about their network security hire ethical hackers and
penetration testers to help probe and improve their networks,
applications, and other computer systems with the ultimate goal of
preventing data theft and fraud. You may not get the same
adrenaline rush that you might with underground hacking, but you
can earn a good and honest living--and not end up facing prison
time, as some illegal "black hat" hackers do.

6. Conclusion
* Always security professionals are one step behind the hackers and
crackers.
* Plan for the unplanned attacks.
* Never underestimate the attackers or overestimate our existing
posture.
* To protect against an attack.
* The role of ethical hacking in security is to provide customers with
awareness of how they could be attacked and why they are
targeted.
“Security though a pain", is necessary.

7. Some Facts
• Charlie Miller a security researcher found a hole in Safari that can be
used to hack a Mac Book in just ten seconds.
• Scott Lunsford, an IBM researcher broke into a computer network in a
nuclear power station in just one day.

8. Contents
* Introduction to Ethical Hacking
* Who are Hackers
* Why Ethical Hacking??
* Approaches of Ethical Hacking
* Ethical Hackers & Careers
* Conclusion