How to become an ethical hacker after 12th?

Hello Pratik, You should not get too fascinated with ethical hacker as they show in movies. Most of the institutes provide just a basic fancy course under the name of ethical hacking, just to attract students and earn more. I would rather recommend you to go for security specialist professionals. These jobs are highly payable and in high demand as most companies need them to protect their own data. You can go to some reputed computer training institutes like NIIT, etc. You can go for Java courses followed by networking courses and CCNA/ CCNB (CISCO) courses. After this, you can also opt for CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) certification courses, if you wish to. You need to ensure that you pursue these courses alongside a degree course, BCA, B.Tech, B.Sc, etc. for better outcome. I hope it helps. If so, kindly upvote this answer. If you've any further questions, kindly revert.

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An ethical hacker is the computer or networking expert who hacks the computer network in order to test security vulnerabilities that a malicious hacker could potentially exploit. An ethical hacker is also sometimes called as white hat hacker because it is legal and done to keep corporate networks more secure. #Difference Between Ethical Hackers and Real Hackers Ethical hackers are the trusted hackers who finds the security vulnerabilities in the system and prevent it from being hacked by hackers While real hackers performs hacking to get unauthorized access to a computer system or a resource for some criminal intentions. Skills Required: To prove yourself in the field of ethical hacking, you should have motivation, dedication, initiative, self-education, hark working and formal training in ethical hacking. Evaluate your strengths , interests and earn skills in programming languages. In addition to programming skills, knowledge in networking field and SQL is also required. Some of the common hacking tools are Nmap, Nessus, Cain & Abel, Net Stumbler, SQL Map, etc. If you are interested in ethical hacking, then you must have basic knowledge of computer. It will be helpful and beneficial for you to pursue this course after a degree or diploma in computer science. The admission to this course is based upon your computer knowledge including web servers, networking protocols, operating systems and academic background.

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Ethical hacking is basically about learning how to find security vulnerabilities in IT systems. If you want to learn cyber security you can enroll for any of the training programs by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pune.cssrl.in" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>http://pune.cssrl.in</a> The training is possible in regular classroom or in online mode. The career options in the field of cyber security are growing a lot these days. Of course, a lot of other options are also there.

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