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Career Guidance Knowledge information and communication technologies (icts) K061 - information and communication technologies (icts) K0613 - software and applications development and analysis Metasploit
Description
The framework Metasploit is a penetration testing tool which tests security weaknesses of the system for potentially unauthorised access to system information. The tool is based on the concept of 'exploit' which implies executing code on the target machine this way taking advantage of the bugs and vulnerabilities of the target machine.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 0 occupations
- Optional in 2 occupations
- Total: 2 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Optional for
- Digital forensics expertDigital forensics experts retrieve and analyse information from computers and other types of data storage devices. They examine digital media that may have been hidden, encrypted o…
- Ethical hackerEthical hackers perform security vulnerability assessments and penetration tests in accordance with industry-accepted methods and protocols. They analyse systems for potential vuln…
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