Becoming a Certified Ethical Hacker - 5 things you need to know

‘Ethical hacker’ may sound like a contradiction in terms, but as the saying goes, ‘it takes one to know one’.

Businesses are increasingly realising the value of employing ‘white hat’ (ethical) hackers to employ the same tools and techniques as the nasty ‘black hat’ hackers, to find and close their IT systems’ security vulnerabilities.

If you’re serious about a career as an ethical hacker, gaining a certification is a powerful way to demonstrate your expertise, and boost your employment prospects.

There is a wide selection of IT security certifications, for all levels of experience, and with various biases towards either the technical or managerial sides. But for ethical hacking the choice is easy, as one certification is regarded as the gold standard: the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH).