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An ethical hacker is a person who hacks into a computer network in order to test or evaluate its security.
''Risk management''
A fixing instrument - or fixing derivative - is one which hedges an exposure to a variable market rate or market price by effectively fixing a hedged market rate for it.


Organisations often contract ethical hackers to test the robustness of their treasury systems and other critical functions.
Examples include forward contracts, futures contracts, FRAs and swaps.


Contrasted with insurance-type instruments, such as an options.


==See also==
* [[Cyber security: protecting your business and your clients]]
* [[Cybercriminal]]
* [[Ethical hacking]]
* [[Hack]]
* [[Hacktivist]]


== See also ==
* [[CPI fixing swap]]
* [[Derivative instrument]]
* [[Fixing]]
* [[Forward contract]]
* [[Forward rate agreement]]
* [[Futures contract]]
* [[Insurance]]
* [[Opportunity loss]]
* [[Option]]
* [[Swap]]
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[[Category:Manage_risks]]
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[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Latest revision as of 08:09, 22 June 2023

Risk management

A fixing instrument - or fixing derivative - is one which hedges an exposure to a variable market rate or market price by effectively fixing a hedged market rate for it.

Examples include forward contracts, futures contracts, FRAs and swaps.

Contrasted with insurance-type instruments, such as an options.


See also