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certifications. In order to gather certifications, one must start off with the
foundations level certifications, such as CCNA and CompTIA security+
certifications. Finally, the last step to become an ethical hacker is to take up the
highly recognized Certified Ethical Hacker Examination (CEH); CEH
certification is provided by the EC- council. This renowned council trains its
candidates to protect the company's network by using the same tools and
methods that a hacker would use. Moreover, CEH examination is scheduled for
4 hours. With 125 number of questions and if the candidate becomes successful
in cracking this exam, he/she will be a Certified Ethical Hacker.

Skills Required
Holding a degree and certificates will not only help out to pursue this career, one
must possess some skill sets to approach one's steps to this field. First and
foremost is that, an ethical hacker must have the knowledge of different
operating systems like Linux, Windows and Macintosh, for penetration testing,
creating exploits and for Bug hunting programming is required. Hence, the
knowledge of programming languages, for instance, C++, HTML, PHP and
python is also compulsory to be in this sector. Basic knowledge of networking IP
protocols and routing protocols is necessary, as networking is the foundation of
the cyber world. Secondly, for the security of databases, one must be well
equipped in the knowledge of SQL and DBMS, as an ethical hacker.
Cryptography is used to secure information and is very useful in converting data
from a readable format to a non-readable one and vice versa. An ethical hacker
should be proficient in network security control measures, such as: intrusion
detection and intrusion prevention techniques.

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