Introduction
With a growing skills-gap in Cyber Security globally, there are more job vacancy’s than there are certified candidates to fill them. This is a frustrating problem for employers, who are struggling to find the right talent for their organisations. This makes this one of the most lucrative and rewarding sectors to move into, with UK average salaries peaking around £60k for Ethical Hackers in London and the career progression opportunities are also excellent.
To become a Certified Ethical Hacker and work within the Cyber Security industry, you need to undertake specialist training from an international recognised awarding body, like EC-Council, through an award-winning provider, like e-Careers. The EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker Certificate includes the training and exams required to become an Ethical Hacker, and embark on a career in the Cyber Security sector.
In this CEH training course, you are provided with the foundational knowledge needed to pass the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v12) exam. You will learn how to deploy tools and techniques to protect your network through hands-on labs that mimic real-life scenarios.
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Course code
OOVG
Location
Varies
Price
£3995
Why e-Careers
Why study the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker course with e-Careers?
We have trained over 630,000 delegates and over 4,000 candidates have been placed into a variety of IT and Cyber Security roles during this period, we have a developed a tried and tested programme, comprising of training, practical experience, challenge labs, certifications and recruitment workshops. We hold your hand right from the beginning all the way through to you getting a job offer.
From those 4,000 candidates, many have gone on to forge successful careers in the industry, either working freelance and many have started their careers with some of the world’s largest companies!
Companies who our candidates are now working for include:
- Apple
- Rackspace
- AT&T
- John Lewis
- Ministry of Defence
- HMRC
- Swiss Quote
- Exponential-E
Suitability
Is the Certified Ethical Hacker course suitable for me?
With no pre-requisites anyone can enrol onto this professional programme. If you have a fundamental knowledge of IT, or are passionate about this industry and would like to work in the Cyber Security sector, this course is ideal for you.
If you are looking to change career into IT, or specifically into a Cyber Security job role but you have no previous experience, you will learn everything you need to do so, through this Ethical Hacking course.
The Certified Ethical Hacking training course will also significantly benefit Security Officers, Auditors, and Site Administrators.
Career Opportunities
What jobs can I apply for after my Certified Ethical Hacker Training?
The Cyber Security industry offers higher than average salaries and excellent career progression opportunities, making it an excellent career choice.
Once you have earned your CEH, you can apply for a range of Cyber Security jobs, including:
- Incident Handler (£30k)
- Web Application Tester (£42k)
- Network Administrator (£44k)
- Cyber Security Analyst (£55k)
- Penetration Tester (£60k)
- Ethical Hacker (£67k)
(Source: ITJobswatch)
While the above salaries showcase the UK average, there is the opportunity for you to work your way up the career ladder and into jobs exceeding £100k-£150k. Alternatively, you may decide to work for yourself as a freelance Ethical Hacker or consultant, where you will have the chance to earn millions of pounds a year, like Scottish Ethical Hacker, Mark Litchfield.
Syllabus & Exam
Module 1: Introduction to Ethical Hacking
Review the fundamentals of critical issues in the information security world, including the basics of ethical hacking, information security controls, relevant laws, and standard procedures.
Module 2: Foot Printing and Reconnaissance
Learn how to use the latest techniques and tools to perform footprinting and reconnaissance, a critical pre-attack phase of the ethical hacking process.
Module 3: Scanning Networks
Learning different network scanning techniques and countermeasures.
Module 4: Enumeration
Learn various enumeration techniques, such as Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and Network File Sharing (NFS) exploits and associated countermeasures.
Module 5: Vulnerability Analysis
Learn how to identify security loopholes in a target organization’s network, communication infrastructure, and end systems. Use Different types of vulnerability assessment and vulnerability assessment tools.
Module 6: System Hacking
Learn about the various system hacking methodologies-including steganography, steganalysis attacks, and covering tracks – used to discover system and network vulnerabilities.
Module 7: Malware Threats
Learn distinct types of malware (Trojan, viruses, worms, etc.), APT (Advance Persistent Threat) and fileless malware, malware analysis procedure, and malware countermeasures.
Module 8: Sniffing
Learn about packet-sniffing techniques, how to use them to discover network vulnerabilities, and countermeasures to defend against sniffing attacks.
Module 9: Social Engineering
Learn social engineering concepts and techniques, including identifying theft attempts, auditing human-level vulnerabilities, and suggesting social engineering countermeasures.
Module 10: Denial-of-Service
Learn about different Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed DoS (DDoS) attack techniques and the tools used to audit a target and devise DoS and DDoS countermeasures and protections.
Module 11: Session Hijacking
Understand the various session hijacking techniques used to discover network-level session management, authentication, authorization, and cryptographic weaknesses and associated countermeasures.
Module 12: Evading IDS, Firewalls, and Honeypots
Get introduced to firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and honeypot evasion techniques; the tools used to audit a network perimeter for weaknesses; and countermeasures.
Module 13: Hacking Web Servers
Learn about web server attacks, including a comprehensive attack methodology used to audit vulnerabilities in web server infrastructures and countermeasures.
Module 14: Hacking Web Applications
Learn about web application attacks, including a comprehensive web application hacking methodology used to audit vulnerabilities in web applications and countermeasures.
Module 15: SQL Injection
Learn about SQL injection attacks, evasion techniques, and SQL injection countermeasures.
Module 16: Hacking Wireless Networks
Understand several wireless technologies, including encryption, threats, hacking methodologies, hacking tools, Wi-Fi security tools, and countermeasures.
Module 17: Hacking Mobile Platforms
Learn Mobile platform attack vectors, android and iOS hacking, mobile device management, mobile security guidelines, and security tools.
Module 18: IoT and OT Hacking
Learn different types of IoT and OT attacks, hacking methodology, hacking tools, and countermeasures.
Module 19: Cloud Computing
Learn different cloud computing concepts, such as container technologies and serverless computing, various cloud computing threats, attacks, hacking methodology, and cloud security techniques and tools.
Module 20: Cryptography
Learn about encryption algorithms, cryptography tools, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), email encryption, disk encryption, cryptography attacks, and cryptanalysis tools.