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Ethical hacker 🟢 Profession

An ethical hacker is a computer security expert who uses his or her skills in a legal and authorised manner to test and improve the security of computer systems.

A pentester.

An ethical hacker is a "white hat" hacker, as opposed to a "black hat" hacker, who has malicious intentions.

 

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Pentester, an ethical hacker who protects your company

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