Advanced COMSEC
Advanced COMSEC expertise is an invaluable asset to any group.
Not everyone needs to know this stuff, but COMSEC experts can work to secure their allies.
Advanced COMSEC specialists are often called white hat hackers or just security experts.
The difference between a white hat hacker and a black hat cracker is ethics. Whereas the white hat hacker masters the art of ethically securing systems against attack, the black hat cracker abandons ethical and legal boundaries to crack security for their own selfish and criminal ends. Those who fancy themselves ethical but dabble in the dark arts like to be called gray or brown hats, but it's all the same to the FBI.
COMSEC: Beyond Hacking
Security threats can come from all angles so COMSEC is about much more than computer hacking. COMSEC encompasses the gamut of security issues including secrecy, computer security, encryption, backup, psychological conditioning, physical barriers, and training everyone to actually follow policies because no plan survives contact with the enemy. As a white hat, you are responsible for full spectrum security against attacks and mishaps of all kinds.
What you protect could shape the future. Who you protect could save lives.
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