So let's jump into this and go over quickly, what exactly is cybersecurity and ethical hacking?
You know, so cybersecurity just put simply, is the act of taking certain measures to ensure that a
network and its information is safe.
So just protecting your network, protecting your assets, protecting your data, that new computers,
that's all really cybersecurity is at a very broad and high level.
Some examples of implementing cybersecurity that you might have heard of would be using a firewall requiring
strong passwords to log into the computers.
Installing antivirus software is also another example of implementing cyber security.
So we're talking about ethical hacking.
Ethical hacking is the act of attempting to break into a network to uncover vulnerabilities that may
be present.
So when we say break into not in an illegal way, ethical hacking is a very professional and approved
way.
You don't do anything without permission.
And we're trying to break into a quote unquote so we can figure out where the holes in the cybersecurity
are so that we can fix them.
That's the whole goal of ethical hacking.
So even though it's technically hacking, you know, it's legal because all the testing is done according
to previously agreed upon rules.
And those are called rules of engagement.
You can go ahead and look this up on your own if you're interested in it.
But that's very important when it comes to ethical hacking, because you want to make sure that all
the liabilities, you know, are laid out, make sure that you know what you're doing.
Make sure that your client is exactly what you're doing and what you're not allowed to do.
What IP addresses, what computers you can touch, different things like that.
So if we had to, you know, talk about the difference, then, you know, what would it be?
So cybersecurity as a whole just focus on protecting the network from potential attacks and dangers.
Like I said before, and this includes offensive actions like ethical hacking and defensive action,
which people like to call blue teaming as well.
Ethical hacking falls under the umbrella of cybersecurity and is also an integral part of any cybersecurity
program.
Ethical hacking is a part of cybersecurity.
It just tests the network's defenses against tax.
And hackers would be launching, you know, so that we can, you know, fix those vulnerabilities that
are there before the hackers get to it.