GENERAL · SECURITY

What is ethical hacking?

Ethical hacking is the use of  [hacking](https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/cyber-hacking) techniques by friendly parties in an attempt to uncover, understand and fix security vulnerabilities in a network or computer system.

Ethical hacking is the use of  [hacking](https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/cyber-hacking) techniques by friendly parties in an attempt to uncover, understand and fix security vulnerabilities in a network or computer system.