The webinar discusses cyber security and ethical hacking. It covers topics like what ethical hacking is, the different types of hackers (white hat, black hat, grey hat), the demand for ethical hackers in India, how they earn money through bug bounty programs, and the future of cyber security. The presenter is Samidha Gandhi, an associate information security analyst with qualifications and experience in ethical hacking and cyber security.
2. DISCUSSION POINTS
• What is ethical hacking and its types?
• What are hackers and its types?
• Demand of ethical hackers in India
• Why we need ethical hackers?
• Job opportunity in the field of ethical hacking.
• How ethical hacker earn money in their free time.
• Future of Cyber Security
10. A hacker is an individual who uses computer, networking or
other skills to overcome a technical problem.
11. Types of hackers
• White Hat Hackers
• Black Hat Hackers
• Grey Hat Hackers
12. A hacker who uses hacking skills to protect organizations
from threat actors is called as a “white hat hacker
White Hat Hacker
13. A black-hat hacker is an individual who attempts to gain
unauthorized entry into a system or network to exploit them
for malicious reasons.
Black Hat Hacker
16. An ethical hacker also known as penetration tester is a white hat
hacker who uses his/her knowledge to find security vulnerabilities
(weakness) from a system, network,website,application on behalf
of its owners and with their permission.
20. Experts estimate the cyber security marketplace to grow up to 35
billion USD by 2025. As per a NASSCOM report, India would require
nearly 1 million cyber security professionals by 2020.
Source: https://ifflab.org/prospects-of-an-ethical-hacking-career-in-india/
22. At present, IT companies are the main recruiters of ethical hackers.
The much sought-after companies such as Infosys, Wipro, TCS,
Tech Mahindra, IBM, Indusface, Flipkart, Amazon, Myntra, Paytm,
Google, Apple. Facebook etc. are seeking good ethical hackers.
Source: https://ifflab.org/prospects-of-an-ethical-hacking-career-in-india/
24. Many companies like Facebook, Goolge, Paytm, Amazon, Uber,
Ola,Starbucks, and other vendors these days run bug bounty
programs, paying out cash rewards to security researchers or
white hat hackers who report valid vulnerabilities that have the
potential to be exploited.