What is a white hat

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Wednesday December 22, 2010

We've had a few tutorials where we profiled

types of hackers

. Well in the world of hacking where

black hats

are the bad guys, there are also good

hackers called white hats

who try to improve

computer security

and prevent black hats' efforts to terrorize the Internet. We tell you more about white hats in this tutorial.

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Show Notes

- White hats are security professionals.

- They do ethical hacking and follow strict procedures.

- White hats are also called sneakers, red teams or tiger teams.

- The National Security Agency (NSA) offers certification for some aspects of white hat hacking.

- White hats are effectively the good guys that try to keep us safe from the malicious efforts of black hats and other illegal hackers.

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