• Classroom
  • Online, Instructor-Led
  • Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

The EC-Council Certified Security Analyst course provides you with a real world hands-on penetration testing experience and is a globally accepted hacking and penetration testing class available that covers the testing of modern infrastructures, operating systems and application environments while teaching the students how to document and write a penetration testing report.

The ECSA program takes the tools and techniques you learned in the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) course and elevates your ability into full exploitation by teaching you how to apply the skills learned in the CEH by utilizing EC-Councils published penetration testing methodology.

IT is a highly interactive, comprehensive, standards-based and methodology intensive training program 5-day security class which teaches information security professionals to conduct real life penetration tests.

Learning Objectives

The ECSA penetration testing course is designed to enhance the skills based competency of a penetration tester. This course is intensively hands-on and a tremendous amount of emphasis is placed on the practical competency of the student.

  • Module 00: Penetration Testing Essential Concepts (Self-Study).
  • Module 01: Introduction to Penetration Testing and Methodologies.
  • Module 02: Penetration Testing Scoping and Engagement Methodology.
  • Module 03: Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Methodology.
  • Module 04: Social Engineering Penetration Testing Methodology.
  • Module 05: Network Penetration Testing Methodology – External.
  • Module 06: Network Penetration Testing Methodology – Internal.
  • Module 07: Network Penetration Testing Methodology – Perimeter Devices.
  • Module 08: Web Application Penetration Testing Methodology.
  • Module 09: Database Penetration Testing Methodology.
  • Module 10: Wireless Penetration Testing Methodology.
  • Module 11: Cloud Penetration Testing Methodology.
  • Module 12: Report Writing and Post Testing Actions.

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Feedback

If you would like to provide feedback for this course, please e-mail the NICCS SO at NICCS@hq.dhs.gov.