Monday, March 15, 2010

Why we need ethical hackers?

Computers around the world are systematically being victimized by rampant hacking. This hacking is not only widespread, but is being executed so flawlessly that the attackers compromise a system, steal everything of value and completely erase their tracks within 20 minutes. 
While most of the companies are ignorant of their security controls, many succumb to hackers inspite of having the best security systems and policies in place. Breaking sites, defacing them with anti national and porno messages, reading the e-mail secretly, cracking mail passwords,stealing credit card numbers from online shopping site or implant software that will secretly transmit their organization’s secrets to the open Internet have become rampant in the recent past. While the best of security continues to get broken time to time by the determined hackers, what options can a helpless organizations look forward to?
Even in cyber cafes(where most of us regularly visit) ,when we type our mail id and password, a simple  software can trap it and your details activity can be mailed to an unknown person,without any knowledge of the user.How a normal individual will protect his privacy and cope with these sort of situation?


It is no longer adequate to buy and install a simple software package and let it run. Companies need specialists, IT professionals dedicated to network security and trained to find security holes and fix them before they can be exploited.

Globally, with a tremendous rise in cyber crime, there is a rapidly growing demand for highly skilled professional called  ethical hackers who can safeguard the Internet and  corporate networks and their web sites.
The job of ethical hackers is to get into the minds of the computer criminals, think like them and come up with innovative methods to protect computer systems and corporate networks.

Though we have thousands of security consultants from various companies, very few of them are actually aware of measures to counter hacker threats. So,India needs  institutions which would train companies or students in the art of defending their own cyberspace.
Keeping the above things in mind, we have started   course on Ethical Hacking, called “IT Security and Antihacking” which is the first of its kind in WestBengal.aimed at information security professionals, auditors, CTOs, CIOs, network administrators, students.
demand for ethical hackers from sectors like banking, finance, telecom and companies with large network and huge on-line database.


The course curriculum is designed to teach, providing a structured methodology for detailing the techniques used by hackers to assess and attack corporate networks. Beginning with a ethical part of whole things, covering legal and HR issues, reasons why one must perform ethical hack, common attack types and vulnerabilities etc,
Anybody with a basic understanding of computers and network can join in the program. Even normal café users can also do the course to protect his/her privacy at café,office etc.
For course details contact us.

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