--- title: "what is ethical hacking?" description: "what is ethical hacking?" author: "Pawan Shukla" published: 2017-12-13 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31636/what-is-ethical-hacking category: "technology" tags: ["ethical hacking"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # what is ethical hacking? what is [ethical hacking](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/300440/important-things-to-do-before-you-begin-your-career-in-ethical-hacking)? ## Answers ### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani There are **billions of people out there in the world** who use excessive internet due to which the **cases of cybercrimes** have also been increased and **to counter such cases government hires e**thical hackers. These **hackers are basically technological geeks** who are mostly stuck in gadgets and tools related to software, programming, and many basically technological geeks who are mostly stuck in gadgets and tools related to software, programming, and many more technological things. So counter attack done on a cybercrime is known as ethical hacking. ![what is ethical hacking?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/c41f474d-f4d4-407f-850f-5b8ab66811ba/images/4ad08549-54d2-4ce1-9922-f36fa233586d.png)\ **Ethical hackers are engaged in the testing duties and apart from testing they have responsibilities of finding the malicious hacker and configure the illegal activities done by them.** Ethical hackers practice their skills and they try to improvise their skills to counter the malicious attacks done on a confidential system. An **ethical hacker is also employed in cybersecurity systems** in which they are enriched with the latest devices, tools, and gadgets which enhances their hacking skills and takes it to a whole new different level. \ **These hackers also deal almost all the cases of cybercrimes** which includes cases of theft of funds to cases of national security. Although ethical hackers very similar to the way our physical security systems which and are one of the most integral parts through which **cybercrimes are been restricted.** **\****"hope it was informative"** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31636/what-is-ethical-hacking Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.