There are many chances, occupations, and career pathways you can follow in the field of
cyber security that cyber security can provide for you. A good example of one career path that
cyber security can give you is a Penetration tester. A Penetration tester is a job where an
individual looks for exploits, holes, vulnerabilities, and weaknesses in a network or system. A
Penetration tester is essential to ensure safety for a network or system because with out a
Penetration tester, cyber criminals or hackers will easily find weaknesses or exploits in systems
and networks. This will give cyber criminals or hackers access to the network even though they
are not allowed access to the network they are in. This is why Penetration testers are essential
because Penetration testers search or catch these exploits, holes, vulnerabilities, and weaknesses
in a network before hackers get to them.

Social science is essential in cyber security as a whole. So that means that it is also
essential for a Penetration tester. One aspect of social sciences that is important to know as a
Penetration tester and in cyber security as a whole is the psychology side of social science.
Psychology is important because you will need to know how these hackers and cyber criminals
think. This will help you think like these hackers and cyber criminals and be on the lookout on what they could be looking for. Another aspect of social sciences that essential for a Penetration tester and cyber security official should know is criminology. It is or just as important because these hackers are criminals. So it is important to know what the motives of these hackers and criminals are.

The job of a Penetration tester is more than finding weaknesses or exploits in a system.
So that means you are essentially a hacker but without the intent of doing harm or indulging in
criminal activity. As a Penetration tester it is essential to incorporate social sciences into your
work. This is another aspect of a job of a Penetration tester and also will make the job even more
easy. Simply because as a Penetration tester you will need to know how cyber criminals and
hackers think. As well you will need to know the psychology of these cyber criminals and
hackers. But psychology is not the only important thing to know when battling these criminals.
Criminology is just as important as psychology. If you do not know what criminology is, it is
basically the study of what motivates and why they commit crimes. So for example say a
criminal hates the company you work for so much. So that criminal will do everything in their
power to try to hack into the company’s network. So that is important to know for a Penetration
tester to know why a criminal is motivated to commit a crime. So when you do your job as a
Penetration tester it is to know the psychology of a hacker so you can think like a cyber criminal
or hacker and this will help you find weaknesses in the system that these hackers are looking for
and targeting. Plus it is essential to incorporate the criminology part of social sciences to know
what are the motives and why a cyber criminal commits cyber crime.

Cyber security is a field that is constantly evolving hand and hand with technology. That
means as technology grows these cyber criminals will evolve with it as well. So there are times
where people in the field need to think, find, study, or incorporate principles to combat these
cyber criminals. For example, one principle that cyber security officials are incorporating is
social sciences. Plus aspects of social sciences in particular are psychology and criminology.
This is essential for cyber security and especially as a Penetration tester is because it is essential
to know how these criminals think and what are the motives of these cyber criminals. Just social
science alone will help cyber security and a Penetration tester fight these cyber criminals and
hackers.