Job opportunities for hackers

August 16th, 2011

Hackers have bright future in running world. Ethical hacking plays major role in this field, as ethical hacking is strongly needed for banking transactions from viruses .Ethical hacking is the scientific approach of understanding the tools, techniques and software’s .

 

If one is interested in hacking job he should be able to design the security system which is non-hackable. Since this job of hacking is very tough so there is a saying that” Hackers are not born they are made “.The main job for the hackers are internet security jobs, in which they have to deal the system, software etc. Job of security consultant, various governments, and banks jobs are available. As long as person is not having an illegal record there are many jobs available for them. The majority of employers, could be a private or government, employ Hackers to check their security system as well as help to plug the holes.

 

There are many institutes which provide training to the students and help them in becoming professionals and as they complete their training session they get jobs in various big companies as well as various government jobs is also there where they can apply for job. These training institutes also provide security to all airports of major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad etc. Students get hired in companies like Microsoft, Intuit, Actis and Diakin.

Following are the job profiles where Hackers can get a job –

  • Fraud matrimonial, divorce detective work for individuals.
  • Cyber investigation job.
  • Online reputation management.
  • Corporate investigation.

 

There are also some network groups where ethical Hackers can be hired, these groups delivers  the unparallel flexing staffing and career resources to corporate clients and they also deal with hacking, so people looking for job in the field of hacking can apply for job in these groups. Ethical hacking is a security system or tool to save your data and Hackers can guide the users to the best understanding of their data and can tell them regarding the security of their networks.

 

Companies offering job to the Hackers are

  • Aacers world (Chennai)
  • Aadventz outsourcing (Chennai)
  • Arcon solutions private limited (cochin)
  • Checks India private limited (Bangalore)
  • CMC  limited (Delhi)
  • CMG technologies (chandigarh)
  • COE security private limited (Hyderabad)
  • Creative world  (Hyderabad)
  • E.R consulting (Bangalore)
  • Hyper technology (Chennai)
  • HCl technology (Delhi)
  • Spider info system private limited (Chennai)
  • Vyas infotech private limited (ahmedabad)

 

Becoming a hacker

August 16th, 2011

Hackers is a person who deals with computers, computer networks and makes money out of it. Now-a-days Hackers are the open community, Hackers are not related to computer security, and they are people who usually decode the password.

  • Hackers can also fix security problems by decoding the password if anyone forgets it or any other reason via communication networks such as internet.
  • A community of programmers who deals with computers and system designing, this community is known for launching the free software movement; the internet is known to be Hackers artifacts.
  • Hackers deal with both hardware and software and take hacking as a hobby.
  • Hackers enjoy exploring the details of programmable systems.
  • They are the people who enjoy programming rather than theorizing it.
  • He is the person who is good at quick programming.

 

Hackers are considered as computer criminals, as they break into computer using programmes written by others and with very little knowledge of it. Hackers break into computers systems or digs into their codes in order to make a copy protected programmes run. Hackers is someone who just wants to know everything from a system and enjoy it, whereas an average user just uses the computer to know only basic things. They want to gain knowledge of computers to the deepest while others are not interested in such kind of knowledge, some kinds of Hackers focus on security, protocols and on networks. Their are also people who learn tricks and create viruses and can damage the computers, these type of people are considered to be crackers as they do not work for the enjoyment but  to harm computers, they think that they are scholars of computers and can make such kinds of viruses and can break into computers and harming them. So by knowing all this we came to know about the positive and negative sides of a Hackers that whether he is using his knowledge for the good purpose or bad. A computer Hackers is someone who lives and breaths computers and knows all about computers. Hackers do all this for fun and not to harm any computer, Hackers is never called as a thief but he can be called as a professional thief and they get paid for their expertise. A password Hackers does not aim for stealing the password and work professionally but if someone does that he is not called as a Hackers he is a thief.

Salary of a hacker

August 16th, 2011

Hackers get high salaries. All over the world Hackers are paid very good salaries the percent of annual increase of salary rises to about 25 percent .The average salary of Hackers job is $60,000. Salary of Hackersdepends upon the company, location, industry, experience and benefits. Other salaries are-

  • Information security analyst-$61,000
  • Information technology specialist-$65,000
  • Information system security officer-$56,000

Current certified ethical Hackers salary is ranging between $24,000 and $45,000, thus the salary depends upon the job and the area which we choose. For example the positions of security consultants or information assurance are lower paying salary positions as compared to that of starting salary. The higher range salary for these positions is up to $100,000. The certified ethical Hackers get mid range salary between $45,000 to 101,000. If one is interested in getting high salaries, then they should apply for the position of security engineer and penetration tester. These positions have salary range between $44,000 to $140,000. One can get more salaries by adding experience and education, then their salaries can be increased and they will be paid more salaries in future, and they can move from low positions to higher positions.

 

In Chicago a certified ethical Hackers can earn salary between $71,000 and $116, 000, on the other hand certified ethical Hackers in San Antonio will get $42,000 and 65,000. Women starting salary is $4000 and is less than males, however there is very fewer women in this field as compared to men.Their are more responsibilities and advanced skills required for this positions.Thus there are many job opportunities in this field, many jobs are available depending upon your qualifications.

 

Skills and Training required for a Hacker

August 16th, 2011

Hackers deals with the computers so they should have vast knowledge about the computers, basic skills of Hackers are-

  • The person who enjoys exploring the net.
  • One who programs enthusiastically.
  • Person who appreatiate hack values.
  • One who can program quickly.
  • One who is an expert in a particular program, and frequently does work using it.
  • One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of overcoming limitations
  • Should have knowledge of ip hacking.
  • Should know how to do hacking of web servers.
  • Should have knowledge of application hacking.
  • Should have knowledge of physical infrastructure hacking.
  • Should be good in sniffering.
  • Should know how to handle virus and worms.
  • Should have basic knowledge of account.
  • Should know about hacking wireless networks.

 

 

Students should be taught hacking like a professional course, as advancements came so new teaching ways were introduced in the system. Earlier their were no provision of distance teaching programmes but now it is introduced and many students can take their lectures through internet easily, both on campus and off campus programmes are good for the student. In on campus programmes student can learn in open environment whereas in off campus programmes student can learn through net. An ethical person should be honest as he has to deal with the security purpose and it his responsibility not to use system information for destructive purposes, he is just like a code developer, or code tester, and he is just an employer to test the security of the system. Academy of computer education is providing superior it security training for students who are interested in this field. The course given by the academy of computer education provides the knowledge to the students to keep the integrity of the network infrastructure secure. The company recruits certified professionals with experience of many years and advanced skills in order to fight cyber crime and knowledge of how to hack in extremely secured environment. So basically Academy of computer education is one of the best training institutes which provide training to the Hackers.

 

Roles and Responsibilities of a Hacker

August 16th, 2011

Hackers is someone who breaks into computers. He is a person who enjoys doing this and has great knowledge about computers. He is one who -

  • Picks up programming quickly.
  • Is expert in computer programming.
  • Should have sufficient technical knowledge.

Hackers play different roles some are good Hackers and some are bad Hackers. Bad Hackers is someone who subverts computer security and the good Hackers is someone who is having good knowledge of computers and do not make viruses to harm computers and he is also called as professional thief. Hackers are divided into different types-

  • White hat Hackers –They breaks security for testing their own security systems .These types of Hackers are known as ethical Hackers and international council of electronic commerce consultants provide online training to these type of ethical Hackers.
  • Black hat Hackers –They violate computer security for little reasons not for personal gains.
  • Grey hat Hackers –These types of Hackers are basically the combination of both black hat and white hat Hackers, they hack into the system and demand money from the administrators, and they act as a thief.
  • Script kiddies-They are not the professional Hackers and do not have much knowledge about this field and they are immature and inexperienced.
  • Neophyte – He is someone who is having no knowledge of hacking and new to this field.
  • Hactivist – He utilizes technology as a social or political message.

 

Other roles of Hackers are –

  • Placing a high value on freedom of security.
  • Information sharing.
  • Playful cleverness.
  • Creating software’s and shares it with others.
  • Openness.
  • World improvement.

 

 

Main function of ethical Hackers

 

When ethical Hackers evaluate the security of a system he basically looks for three main answers –

  • What he wants from the system he is dealing with.
  • Does anyone having knowledge about Hackers attack on the target system.
  • What to do after getting information from the target system.

 

These three are the important points, we cannot eliminate one because all the three point are very important, Hackers try to hack the system but if someone have the knowledge of this thing then hacking will be stopped, before the evaluation the Hackers may ask many questions from the client, like why he want hacking to be done, how much money he or she can spend for this cause. If answer given by the client does not satisfy the Hackers then it is his duty to tell the client regarding the securing of their computer.