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1.1. “Attack”: attempt to destroy, expose, alter, disable, steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of an asset.
1.2. “Cookie”: a set of data that can be transmitted to the User’s browser by the website connected to by the latter. The web browser stores it for a certain period, depending on the nature of the Cookie, and returns it to the web server each time the User connects to it again. Cookies serve essentially to memorize an identifier that tracks the user’s browsing for statistical purposes.
1.3. Asset: A web or mobile application, system, network, IP address, smart-contract, technology, infrastructure, software or other environment configured by a Customer on the Portal, for the purpose of having its security tested.
1.4. “Ethical hacking”: The process of attempting to penetrate an Asset and bypass system security, for the purpose of identifying potential security vulnerabilities. Ethical hacking may also attempt to exploit these vulnerabilities, in order to determine to what extent unauthorised access and/or other malicious activities could be possible. Ethical hacking is considered “ethical” because there are no malicious intentions and the ethical hacker discloses Vulnerabilities to the organization in order to improve its system security.
1.5 “Level of Risk”: magnitude of a risk expressed in terms of the combination of consequences and their likelihood.
1.6. “Ethiacker”: An ethical hacker specifically selected to identify vulnerabilities in organizations.
1.7. “Personal data”: in accordance with Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation of 27 April 2016 (GDPR), it is any information concerning an identified person or one that can be identified directly or indirectly by an identification number or particulars specific to the said person. To determine where a person is identifiable, one should consider all the means at the disposal of the data controller or anyone else for identifying the said person.
1.8. “Portal”: The app where ethiackers submit reports and customers manage vulnerabilities. It can be found at https://portal.ethiack.com
1.9. “Researchers”: independent security researchers (ethical hackers), whether companies or natural persons, willing to offer their services.
1.10 “Reward(s)”: means payments, grants, bonuses, and other financial or non-financial rewards that are awarded to Ethiackers participating in an event.
1.11. “Submission”: A notification that a vulnerability was found in (one of) Customer’s assets. Submissions are provided by Researchers through the Portal and describe the Vulnerability and how it was discovered.
1.12. “Threat”: potential cause of an unwanted incident, which can result in harm to a system or organization.
1.13. “Vulnerability”: A weakness in an system that can be exploited by an attacker to deliver a successful attack. They can occur through flaws, features or user error, and attackers will look to exploit any of them, often combining one or more, to achieve their end goal. A vulnerability might lead to an unexpected or unwanted event and might be exploited by malicious third parties, for the purpose of compromising the integrity, availability or confidentiality of a system and to cause damage.
1.14. “Risk assessment”: Risk management is the process of identifying, quantifying, and managing the risks that an organization faces; it is a process aimed to obtain efficient balance between realizing opportunities for gains and minimizing vulnerabilities and losses. As an integral part of management practices and an essential element of good governance, risk management needs to be recurrent seeking to support organizational improvement, performance and decision making.
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Users shall not attempt to modify or manipulate pages of the website so as to conceal, misappropriate or modify it. It is also prohibited to create any work or website deriving in full or in part from this website, or to resell or redistribute Ethiack’s data.
It is prohibited to: (i) use and/or access the website for any purposes other than those permitted by these Terms and Conditions; (ii) reproduce, modify, adapt or affect the website and/or its content; (iii) create derivative works; (iv) access or try to access the website’s source code using decompiling or reverse engineering techniques or any other means whatsoever; (v) put restricted parts of the website or content at the disposal of third parties.
Users shall not to infringe any legal standard or use the website for illegal purposes, or include any false, incomplete or inaccurate information, virus, Trojan Horse, worm, time bomb or any other program designed to cause damage, have a detrimental effect, intercept or counter any system, data or personal information
The Services may contain links to third party websites or resources. Ethiack provides these links only as a convenience and is not responsible for the content, products, or services on or available from those websites or resources or links displayed on such websites. Ethiack has not reviewed all of the websites linked to its own website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked website. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Ethiack of the website.
Ethiack cannot control the content of such external sources, the user recognizes that the publisher assumes no liability regarding the provision of such resources, their content, any collection and transmission of Personal data, installation of cookies or any other processes intended for the same ends. The use of any linked website is at the user’s own risk and discernment. Each customer and ethiacker acknowledges sole responsibility for and assumes all risk arising from such use of any third party websites or resources.
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Further, in no event shall Ethiack or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on Ethiack’s websites, even if Ethiack or a authorised representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage.
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