{"id":164713,"date":"2023-05-28T17:23:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T22:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-mindset-and-motivation-of-ethical-hackers"},"modified":"2023-05-28T17:23:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T22:23:53","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-the-mindset-and-motivation-of-ethical-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-mindset-and-motivation-of-ethical-hackers","title":{"rendered":"What you need to know about the mindset and motivation of ethical hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-mindset-and-motivation-of-ethical-hackers2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11\u201312, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success<\/em>. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/avolio.swapcard.com\/Transform2023\/registrations\/Start?utm_source=vb&utm_medium=boiler&utm_content=landingpage&utm_campaign=T23_BoilerPlates\">Learn More<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Why do people become ethical hackers? Given the negative connotations that the word \u201chacker\u201d has unfortunately acquired over the past few decades, it\u2019s tough to understand why anyone would ascribe themselves to that oxymoron.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, <a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/security\/the-black-hat-hacker-trap-why-unethical-hacking-lures-young-people\/\">ethical hackers<\/a> are playing an increasingly vital role in cybersecurity, and the ranks of the ethical hacking community are growing significantly. If you\u2019re thinking about working with or hiring ethical hackers \u2014 or even becoming one yourself \u2014 it\u2019s important to understand what makes this unique breed of cyber-pro tick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11\u201312, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Why do people become ethical hackers? Given the negative connotations that the word \u201chacker\u201d has unfortunately acquired over the past few decades, it\u2019s tough to understand why anyone would ascribe themselves to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybercrime-malcode","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}