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Everything You Need to Know About a White Hat Hackerby@jtruong
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Everything You Need to Know About a White Hat Hacker

by Jessica Truong4mOctober 21st, 2021
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A white hat hacker, also known as an ethical hacker, is someone who chooses to use their powers for good rather than for evil. The actions performed by white hat hackers are legal as they have permission from the organization to hack their systems. White hat hackers generally use the same techniques as black hat hackers to attack an organization. White Hat hackers are beneficial to an organization in many ways and below is a list of some of the benefits of White Hat Hacking. The ethical hacker helps an organization determine how strong and secure their security implementation is and where weak areas are.

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