An ordinary teenager getting ready to face the test period, even if his life has not followed such a “ordinary” path. Jackson Henry, at the height of his 17 years old, modified the term “hacker” for people who know him. In the tech world, he is known as a “white hat”, or, in plain English, an ethical hacker.
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Hacker and ethics, in the same sentence and without being critical? Well, that was exactly the nomenclature that the teenager received. For Jackson, the term “hacker” is still useful to name crimes, but, for him, what differentiates it is the issue of unethical behavior. The boy's job is to find loopholes in the system in order to help companies.
According to Jackson, vulnerabilities are found and then can be corrected. This attitude means that the system is always in an advanced state in the face of threats that may arise. It's been a while, including, that the teenager has been conquering his space.
At the age of 15, Jackson was recognized by the UN (United Nations) for discovering a misconfiguration in the system that was exposing personal data of United Nations employees United. The teenager, along with a group of “ethical hackers”, found more than 100,000 confidential records.
Through the Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP), ethical hackers reported the system problem to the UN.
In Australia, the need for cybersecurity has impacted millions of people. According to a report by the company CyberCX, for security to be offered in the coming years, it will be necessary to have more than 30,000 new workers in the area. Action, therefore, would be something urgent and strategic in order to combat cybercrime.
In the United States, “ethical hackers” are rewarded when they help companies with their cyber vulnerabilities.
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