Peaceful penetration
Imagine you are playing a game of hide and seek with your friends. You want to find your friends without scaring them or making them upset, so you tiptoe around the house trying to catch a glimpse of them. This is what peaceful penetration is like but in the world of cybersecurity.
Peaceful penetration, also known as ethical hacking, is when someone tries to find weaknesses or vulnerabilities in a computer system or network without causing harm or stealing information. They do this to help the owner of the system or network fix any problems before a bad person can exploit them.
Just like you want to find your friends without causing a fuss, ethical hackers want to find problems in the system without causing any damage. This is important because if a bad person finds the weakness first, they can cause real harm or steal important information.
Think of it like being a detective who tries to solve a mystery without breaking any rules. The detective wants to find out what happened but they do it in a way that doesn't harm anyone or break any laws.
In the same way, ethical hackers are like cybersecurity detectives who try to find out what vulnerabilities and security gaps exist in a computer system or network, so that these can be fixed before malicious hackers take advantage of them.
Peaceful penetration, also known as ethical hacking, is when someone tries to find weaknesses or vulnerabilities in a computer system or network without causing harm or stealing information. They do this to help the owner of the system or network fix any problems before a bad person can exploit them.
Just like you want to find your friends without causing a fuss, ethical hackers want to find problems in the system without causing any damage. This is important because if a bad person finds the weakness first, they can cause real harm or steal important information.
Think of it like being a detective who tries to solve a mystery without breaking any rules. The detective wants to find out what happened but they do it in a way that doesn't harm anyone or break any laws.
In the same way, ethical hackers are like cybersecurity detectives who try to find out what vulnerabilities and security gaps exist in a computer system or network, so that these can be fixed before malicious hackers take advantage of them.