Question

An ethical hacker must ensure that proprietary information of the firm does not get leaked.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was asked in a national level competition.

The doubt is from Ethics of Ethical Hacking topic in chapter Security Ethics, Security Breach Scenarios & Corporate Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) True

To explain I would say: Yes, it is very important for an ethical hacker to make sure that while doing penetration tests, the confidential data and proprietary information are preserved properly and not get leaked to the external network.