INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENHANCED RESEARCH IN MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS VOL. 1, ISSUE 3, DEC. 2012 ISSN NO: 2319-7471 www.erpublications.com 1 Applications of Ethical Hacking Techniques to Software Professionals with respect to Behavioral Science Prof. A. T. Gaikwad 1 , Dr. R. V. Kulkarni 2 1 Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Applications, BVDU Institute of Management, Maharashtra, India 2 Professor & Head, Ch. Shahu Institute of Business Edu. and Research, Maharashtra, India. 1 anil_gaikwad198@yahoo.co.in , 2 drrvkulkarni@siber.co.in ABSTRACT The Information for the organization is an asset which has to be protected from the unauthorized persons and misuse for some other illegal issues, the hacking has been very common on the internet and it has affected the organization in terms of money, resources loss and image loss. The Hacking can also be ethical which can be made for positive use in the net environment. The knowledge of the programmer can be utilized for the security of the software’s in the Internet environment. The software professionals like progrmmmers, software analyst, testers are going to benefit by this technique of ethical hacking. The authors have discussed the mind set of the ethical hackers and use of their technical knowledge for the solution of security problems in the network environment. Security of password, login names, financial transactions are the areas of concern for the organizations those dealing online. The activities of the Internet are widely affected by countries policies and rules. The paper highlights on the ethical hacking concepts and application of theses techniques to software professional in order to information security issues. The Hackers though have negative trait of mind the ethical hackers are also human beings which have positive trait of mind which help the professional in Computer field to maintain the security in systems and networks. The hacking is habit of the programmers in the society Keywords: Ethical Hacker, Network Security, Cracker, Network Testing, Virus. INTRODUCTION The Hacking in Computer Area is unavoidable phenomena which can be either applied by negative trait of mind or positive trait of mind person. The Computer and Networks nowadays are affected by Computer Viruses or Network Viruses. These area are concern of the technical persons. The intend to highlight on hacking which can be positively used to make constructive developments in the area and study the behavior of the persons involved in this area. Behavior Science deals with the psychology of the person and his or her behavior with respect to herself or himself, with respect to family and with respect to society. The upbringing of the person also makes the effect on personality. No person is good or bad by birth. Various factors are responsible for the personal behavior of the person. In hacking these factors play important role. Hacking Hacking term can be explained as- Hacking refers to the process of breaking into the systems for personal or commercial gains, also with malicious intent which causes server damage and damage to information and assets of the organization. Types of Hackers There are different types of hackers as per their mode of operations while hacking the information or resources: a. Hacker (n) – These refer to a person who enjoys learning the details of Computer System and stretch their capabilities. b. Hacker (v) – Describes the rapid development of new programs or reverse engineering of already existing software to make the code better and efficient. c. Cracker – It refers to a person who uses has hacking skills for offensive purposes. d. Phreak – A hacker variant with an interest in telephones and telephones systems. e. Hactivism – This refers to act of hacking in order to communicate a politically or socially motivated message. An Internet enabled way to practice civil disobedience and protest.