Beginner Penetration Testing

Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing

Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing

Instructor KATE BASSEY
80 hours
0 enrolled

About this course

Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing focuses on identifying vulnerabilities in computer systems, networks, and applications before malicious hackers exploit them. Students learn how attackers think and how to defend against them using industry tools and techniques.
Fields involved include:
Cybersecurity
Ethical Hacking
Penetration Testing

Course Content

Fundamentals of cybersecurity
120 min
Types of hackers
120 min
Cyber attack lifecycle
120 min
Ethical hacking methodology
120 min
Legal frameworks and compliance
120 min
Practical: Installing lab environment
120 min
Practical: Installing Kali Linux
120 min

TCP/IP model
120 min
OSI model
120 min
Ports and protocols
120 min
Ports and protocols Subnetting basics
120 min
Packet analysis
120 min
Practical: Network scanning with Nmap
120 min
Practical: Packet inspection using Wireshark
120 min

Linux command line
120 min
File permissions
120 min
Bash scripting basics
120 min
User and process management
120 min
Practical: Linux exploitation labs
0 min

Information gathering
120 min
Passive reconnaissance
120 min
DNS enumeration
120 min
OSINT techniques
120 min

Network scanning
120 min
Vulnerability scanning
120 min
Service enumeration
120 min

Password cracking
120 min
Privilege escalation
120 min
Malware concepts
120 min

Web vulnerabilities
120 min
OWASP Top 10
120 min
SQL Injection
120 min
Cross-Site Scripting
120 min

Wi-Fi security
120 min
WPA/WPA2 cracking
120 min
Evil twin attacks
120 min

Phishing attacks
120 min
Human exploitation
120 min
Security awareness
120 min

Exploit development basics
120 min
Buffer overflow concepts
120 min
Metasploit exploitation
120 min

Persistence techniques
120 min
Data exfiltration
120 min
Pivoting
120 min

Students perform a full penetration test on a simulated company network.
120 min

Prerequisites

Learning Outcomes

Graduates can work as:
Ethical Hacker
Penetration Tester
Security Analyst
Vulnerability Analyst
Red Team Specialist
Industries include:
Banks
FinTech companies
Telecom companies
Government agencies
Cybersecurity consulting firms

Capstone Project

Capstone project:
Students perform a full penetration test on a simulated company network.
Activities:
Reconnaissance
Vulnerability scanning
Exploitation
Reporting
Deliverables:
Penetration testing report
Vulnerability assessment
Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing

This course includes:
  • 80 hours of video
  • Downloadable resources
  • Certificate of completion
  • Lifetime access