Hackers would never be hired by security vendors....right?

[illumination]

Customers build a relationship based on trust with security vendors. After all, customers who buy security solutions like anti-virus or anti-spam grant security companies access to update computers and devices. Question is should security companies open their doors to people known to have dabbled in grey and black-hat hacking?
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[Hungry Man]

Happens all the time.

 

[moonshine]

It's not a good idea to hire Black Hats since it could add a bad reputation to the security vendor. Better choice is to go and hire White Hats.

 

[McLovin]

I don't think that they should because the Black Hats could do some bad damage. Plus like BoXX28 said they should be picking the White Hats.

 

[moonshine]

In the first place, isn't it a bit of questionable for a security company to hire Hackers?

 

[McLovin]

In the first place, isn't it a bit of questionable for a security company to hire Hackers?

True, why are they hiring them in the first place? They might be hiring them so that they can see if their company is secure?

 

[Deleted member 178]

black hats are more efficient and has more connections to malwares creators and cyber-criminals than white hats. government hired all the times top notch hackers or offer them a deal if they were arrested, so why not security vendors, if they offers very good salaries and benefits.

remember than classic international companies hired hackers to execute industrial spying.

 

[jamescv7]

Black hats would never change on how perform bad hacking abilities so they may go to White Hats as hackers that focus in security.