Ethical Hacking: Introduction to Ethical Hacking

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• What is ethical hacking? When it comes to cybersecurity, hacking comes in many colors: white, grey, black, and shades in between. White hat hackers use their skills for good. They practice ethical hacking: involved testing to see if an organization's network is vulnerable to outside attacks. Ethical hacking is key to strengthening network security, and it's one of the most desired skills for any IT security professional.

Syllabus:

• Introduction
• Locking down the organization
• What you should know
• Hacking ethically
   

1. Ethical Hacking Overview

• Information security overview
• Today's threat landscape
• Navigating attack vectors
• Comparing attack types
• Understanding the Cyber Kill Chain
• Challenge: The Cyber Kill Chain
• Solution: The Cyber Kill Chain
   

2. Information Security Controls

• Defining ethical hacking
• Defense in depth
• Managing incidents
   

3. Data Protection in a Digital World

• Protecting the data
• Defining standards and regulations
• Outlining the COBIT framework
• Exploring the security plan
• Creating security policies
• Recognizing components of a security policy
• Challenge: Create a security policy
• Solution: Create a security policy
   

4. Supporting Ethical Hacking

• Understanding vulnerabilities
• Penetration testing methodology
• Hacking concepts
• The human factor in ethical hacking
• Stepping through the hacking phases
• Conclusion

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