Ethical hacker

Cybersecurity.

An ethical hacker is a person who hacks into a computer network in order to test or evaluate its security.

Organisations often contract ethical hackers to test the robustness of their treasury systems and other critical functions.

See also

• Cyber security: protecting your business and your clients
• Cybercriminal
• Ethical hacking
• Hack
• Hacktivist
• Resilience
• Robustness