Question

After performing ____________ the ethical hacker should never disclose client information to other parties.

(a) hacking

(b) cracking

(c) penetration testing

(d) exploiting

I have been asked this question in a national level competition.

My question comes from Ethics of Ethical Hacking in chapter Security Ethics, Security Breach Scenarios & Corporate Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Right option is (c) penetration testing

To explain: It is against the laws and ethics of ethical hackers that after doing penetration tests, the ethical hacker should never disclose client information to other parties. The protection of client data is in the hands of the ethical hacker who performed the tests.