What is the eligibility & admission process for Ethical Hacking? What are the benefits of pursuing the same?

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

What is Certified Ethical Hacking? Ethical hackers often employ penetration testing techniques, to check how far the information network system of an organization can be hacked. These penetration testing techniques can be learned by only those students who take up the certified ethical hacking examination. At present V9 is the CEH exam which is equivalent to EC 312-50 exam. In order to apply for this exam, a student is required to have completed his training at an accredited training centre. Eligibility for Ethical Hacking Exams: A candidate who wants to do the course in Ethical Hacking should have done his Bachelors in computer science or is an IT graduate. This background enables a student to understand easily the basics of computer network system. During the entrance test of the course, a candidate will be asked questions from the area of web servers, operating system, programming skills and networking protocols. Career and Job Internet and information system today has become the pivot around which most of the work of any organization, whether government or private, get done. Through internet network, sensitive information, secret documents, codes and passwords and many other important information get exchanged. Hence it becomes utmost important that this important information it should not fall into wrong hands. Some of the government organizations like Defense, Nuclear, and Energy, keep much secret information which if passed to the enemy nation could prove fatal. It needs to be protected from hackers. Important Skills of Ethical Hackers In order to get a good placement an Ethical Hacker should have deep knowledge about networking field and SQL, besides being an expert programmer. And most of all a candidate should have a deep interest, knowledge and passion for his field. He must keep himself updated about the recent developments in his field. Some of the latest soft-wares in the field of hacking are Cain and Abel, Nessus, Nmap, Net Stumbler, SQL map etc. Salary A fresher certified hacker, in the beginning, will get a salary in the range of Rs. 20, 000 to 25,000, which is a good amount for beginners to earn and learn. As soon as a candidate gets enough numbers of projects to claim his experience, soon his salary will go up. In just 2 or 3 years of time, a professional certified hackers get Rs.50, 000 or Rs. 60,000 salary.