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Adithyan
Chief Security Researcher and Head at OWASP Coimbatore with 6 Years of Exp. in Information Security
Those who have replied that you don't need programming knowledge are idiotic. I'm a cybersecurity trainer for the past four years, and I'm the head of OWASP Coimbatore. If you aren't a script kiddie in Cybersecurity, then you don't need programming knowledge. You can use the tools built by pro hackers without knowing how the device works. If you want your career as cybersecurity, it's mandatory that you have the necessary knowledge in HTML, JS, PHP, Python, SQL. PHP and SQL are useful in Web Application Penetration for testing A1 Injections and HTML; JS helps exploit vulnerabilities like Cross Site Scripting.
On the other hands, Python is beneficial in Exploit Development during buffer overflows. If you want to get into Malware Analysis, then you must know Assembly Language. So it's up to you to decide. If you're going to stay low in Cyber Security, then you don't need programming knowledge.
But if you want to understand, then programming is mandatory. Hacking is entirely based on Vulnerabilities and exploitation. Vulnerabilities are discovered if you know the code flow and application flow.
Hello Sasi,
It would be more beneficial if you know to the programme while heading towards a career in cybersecurity. A person like this can develop his security applications, mechanisms and algorithms. So many companies look forward to cybersecurity professionals who are well versed in programming.
Palvinder Singh
Secuneus Tech. | Best Cyber Security Ethical Hacking Online Training Bengaluru Hyderbad Delhi India
For beginner certifications and fresher jobs it's not required but having basic knowledge of programming adds extra points.
But for future or advance certification it is mandatory to know some of the programming languages. If you have a basic-medium understanding, rest can be google anytime, but knowledge always matters.
Having sound knowledge of C, C++, C#, Python, PHP, MySQL, Ruby, GO is always going to give you extra points in the field.
Rest is up to you how you want to proceed with cybersecurity as a career.
Ujwal Kumar
CEH | Security Researcher | Developer | Mentor | Entrepreneur | Engineer | The Community Guy
Hi Shashidhar, this is an essential question asked by a large set of individuals. However, it's not compulsory to have in-depth programming knowledge; it's always recommended to have a decent understanding of Shell script, bash, SQL Queries, PHP, etc. which could help you understand the background of concepts and facilitate easy exploitation. I hope this helps.
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