Technology has been developed a lot, so the use of computers and online websites has increased a lot. Also, because of the coronavirus, a lot of people use online websites to do their work. In this online age, people should be careful about their information from being hacked. To prevent this problem, white hackers' roles are very important.

What white hackers do can be divided into two things. First, they hack things for security purposes. Easily said, white hackers are people who stop black hat hackers from hacking information illegally. White hackers have to protect people against black hat hacker attacks. The white hackers analyze the servers, networks, and programs that contain information. It is about analyzing vulnerabilities and thinking about how to respond. For example, security consulting is included in this work. Security consulting is the work that whit hackers first do to hack the information in one site. Then, they will use the ID and the password on other sites. When the other sites are opened, they warn the people and teach them the way not to get hacked. what white hackers do is also building a security system. It is the task of designing, building, and managing the overall security system.

▲ Black hackers who hacks information illegally

According to Park Chan-am, a white hacker, hacking is a very long and important work. He is working in the government office, financial corporations, major companies, and the national police agency. He said that in movies, hackers do things very fast, read all the green words on the black screen, and save the information from being hacked. However, in reality, hacking is a very long, boring thing. White hackers look, observe things, and study them for a long time.

To be a white hacker, it is beneficial to people to go to departments teaching computer science, information and communication engineering, and electronic engineering. The related certifications are the information managing certifications from the Human resources Development Service of Korea. When people go to these departments, they can also be a specialist for information security, which they call cybersecurity specialist. White hackers get 33.5 million won in one month. If the number of white hackers increases, people will be able to use computers or websites safely without getting hacked.

By Jun Seo Lee