Ethical hacking & cyber security- upcoming priorities!!!!

How many times we have heard about Chinese hackers invading "Top secret" e-files of India? of course, many times but as we tend to to ignore it, the same does our cyber reluctant Government..

The hackers had aimed high - their targets were the cream of India's national security set-up: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar, PM's Special Envoy Shyam Saran and Deputy National Security Advisor Shekhar Dutt. The four and up to 26 others were squarely in the crosshairs of the hacking attempt. 

So, what can we done to counterattack such problems?I think its high time that we should work on building a "Cyber army" in our country comprising of ethical hackers and computer experts.In addition to it, there is a need to strengthen our "just for book" cyber laws.

The Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) is a professional certification provided by the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council.)

An Ethical Hacker is one name given to a Penetration Tester. An ethical hacker is usually employed by an organization who trusts him to attempt to penetrate networks and/or computer systems, using the same methods as a hacker, for the purpose of finding and fixing computer security vulnerabilities. Illegal hacking (i.e.; gaining unauthorized access to computer systems) is a crime in most countries, but penetration testing done by request of the owner of the targeted system(s) or network(s) is not, except in Germany.

A Certified Ethical Hacker has obtained a certification in how to look for the weaknesses and vulnerabilities in target systems and uses the same knowledge and tools as a hacker.

"In this hi-tech era when everyone is on one or the other social networking site and everything is available online, we cannot take internet security for granted. Even our politicians and celebrities are not safe on the internet and in some cases it can also pose a serious national security threat,"Ankit  Fadia, the first ehical hacker of india   told the sources.

"Therefore we have to take steps by disseminating knowledge about these hackers and about ways to pre-empt them. In the 21st century, we surely need a strong workforce of ethical hackers and we cannot afford to ignore it at any cost."

According to my view, its not the time to upgrade ourself more with nuclear weapons but its high time to build a world class system of cyber intelligence, security and army.