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ISACA Cybersecurity: Penetration Testing Online Course
The ISACA Cybersecurity: Penetration Testing Online Course provides students with an introductory understanding of penetration testing and ethical hacking. Penetration testing involves using defined methods to breach a system in order to determine if a system is vulnerable to attack and exploitation of valuable information. Ethical hackers expose vulnerabilities and determine whether unauthorized or malicious activity is possible and to what extent it could cause harm.
Provider Information
ISACA
1700 E. Golf Rd., Suite 400
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Course Overview
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Learning Objectives
- Describe what ethical hacking is and identify the methodology and tools for performing penetration tests
- Describe network architecture
- Define TCP/IP protocol
- Describe the steps for conducting a penetration test.
- Identify common vulnerabilities and types of attacks
- Describe information gathering techniques and reconnaissance tools
- Identify vulnerabilities by accessing and searching databases
- Describe and use common vulnerability assessment tools.
- Describe what to report to a customer after completing a vulnerability assessment or penetration test.
- Evaluate the design of a network for flaws and weaknesses.
- Explain how the weaknesses and flaws of VPN and VLAN systems could result in potential attacks.
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):
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