Every Ethical Hacker must follow few basic principles. If he do not follow, bad things can happen. Most of the time these principles get ignored or forgotten when planning or executing ethical hacking tests. The results are even very dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working ethically:<\/strong> Respecting privacy:<\/strong> Not crashing your systems:<\/strong>
The word ethical can be defined as working with high professional morals and principles. Whether you\u2019re performing ethical hacking tests against your own systems or for someone who has hired you, everything you do as an ethical Hacker must be approved and must support the company\u2019s goals. No hidden agendas are allowed! Trustworthiness is the ultimate objective. The misuse of information is absolutely not allowed. That\u2019s what the bad guys do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Treat the information you gather with complete respect. All information you obtain during your testing \u2014 from Web application log files to clear-text passwords \u2014 must be kept private.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the biggest mistakes is when people try to hack their own systems; they come up with crashing their systems. The main reason for this is poor planning. These testers have not read the documentation or misunderstand the usage and power of the security tools and techniques.
You can easily create miserable conditions on your systems when testing. Running too many tests too quickly on a system causes many system lockups. Many security assessment tools can control how many tests are performed on a system at the same time. These tools are especially handy if you need to run the tests on production systems during regular business hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n