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

This course is designed to provide professionals the knowledge and skills that hackers use to target systems so that they can work legally and ethically to improve security systems. Participants will be prepared to take and pass the EC|Council CEH exam.

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to provide professionals the knowledge and skills that hackers use to target systems so that they can work legally and ethically to improve security systems. Participants will be prepared to take and pass the EC|Council CEH exam.

Module 1: Background Knowledge

  • Technologies: Networking, Web, and Systems
  • Communication Protocols
  • Malware Operations
  • Mobile Technologies
  • Backups and Archiving

Module 2: Analysis/Assessment

  • System Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Risk Assessments
  • Technical Assessments

Module 3: Security

  • Systems Controls
  • Firewalls, Cryptography and Threat Modeling
  • Verification procedures
  • Social Engineering
  • Biometrics
  • Policy Implications
  • Vulnerabilities

Module 4: Tools, Systems, and Programs

  • Intrusion
  • Sniffers
  • Programming and Scripting Languages
  • Subnetting
  • Scanning
  • Tools and Models

Module 5:Procedures and Methodology

  • Cryptography
  • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
  • Security Architecture (SA)
  • N-tier Application Design
  • TCP/IP Networking
  • Testing

Module 6: Regulations and Policies

  • Security Policies
  • Regulations and Standards

Module 7: Ethics

  • Professional Standards
  • Code of Conduct
  • Legal and Appropriate Hacking

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):

Specialty Areas

  • Risk Management
  • Network Services
  • Systems Analysis
  • Vulnerability Assessment and Management
  • Program/Project Management and Acquisition

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

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