Ethical Hacking

Ethical hacking is a broad field in itself and deal with many kinds of attacks, and some sophisticated too.
Every IT organisation which is dealig with USERS and their data with privacy contents needs an ethical hacker to secure their domain.
If we talk about SCOPE.
Yes there are loads of STARTUPS , aka well funded. They need Bug reporting mechanism to make their security robust like FLIPKART.
Either they do it by HIRING securoty guys within organisation or outsource using bug bounty programme. By any mean but they really need it.
Nowdays ethical hacking workshops are growing rapidly in india and they are awaring students to how to become a part of this CHALLANGING field. Ethucal hacking is not just the use to automated tools agains web apps or servers, its deeply about how you can pentest a project MANUALLY using your out box thinking, tools are just a way to perform your action.
If you are a noob just try to spend your time on hackerone and bugcrowd, you will get the idea about the real scenerio that how a hacker dig his mind to get something over web apps.
So now job prospect, Yes it is well paid job nowadays but in India its is just getting boom until PEOPLE understand the importance of ethical hacker for their organisation, like in foreign countries.

Ethical hackers are specialised Cyber Security experts who work for all organizations which have an internet presence and use extensive use of web technologies for Business . Ethical Hackers role is a proactive one as they prevent cyber- crimes and protect cyber space from intrusion. They ensure data security and protect computer systems from illegal hacking activities. Computer Hackers use their expertise in computing and knowledge of programming, web applications, operating systems, assembly language, internet security systems etc. to protect computer systems from illegal hackers.
It is a niche skill and has limited career opportunities. However, if you able to break into your first job then its is very high paying and respected job. Most of computer hackers have graduation degrees such as B.Tech CSE/IT, BCA-MCA, B.Sc CS. Most of the hackers are those who have excellent programming skills.
You can appear in professional certification examination to become a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) by appearing in examination conducted by ED-Council. Certification is achieved by taking the CEH examination after having either attended training at an Accredited Training Center (ATC) or completed through self-study. CEH is a skilled professional who understands and knows how to look for weaknesses and vulnerabilities in target systems and uses the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker, but in a lawful and legitimate manner to assess the security posture of a target system(s). The CEH credential certifies individuals in the specific network security discipline of Ethical Hacking from a vendor-neutral perspective.