Title: Ethical Hacking Essentials (EHE)

Location: US

Company: EC-Council

About this course:
Information security refers to securing data and information systems from unauthorized access, unauthorized use, misuse, destruction, or alteration. The goal of information security is to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of digital information.
Information security plays a vital role in all organizations. It is a state of affairs where information, information processing, and communication are protected against confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information and information processing. In communications, information security also covers trustworthy authentication of messages that cover identification of the parties, verifying, and recording the approval and authorization of the information, non-alteration of the data, and the non-repudiation of the communication or stored data.
Ethical Hacking Essentials (EHE) is a security program covering the fundamental concepts of information security and ethical hacking. It equips students with the skills required to identify the increasing information security threats which reflect on the security posture of the organization and implement general security controls.
This program gives a holistic overview of the key components of information security. It provides a solid fundamental knowledge required for a career in information security.
Why is EHE Important?

It facilitates your entry into the world of information security

It provides a professional understanding of the concepts of information security

It provides best practices to improve organizational security posture

It enhances your skills as a Security Specialist and increases your employability

Students going through EHE training will learn:
§ Key issues plaguing the information security world and information security laws and standards
§ Fundamentals of ethical hacking
§ Information security threats and vulnerabilities
§ Different types of malware
§ Different types of password-cracking techniques and countermeasures
§ Social engineering techniques, insider threats, identity theft, and countermeasures
§ Network-level attacks (sniffing, denial-of-service, and session hijacking) and countermeasures
§ Application level attacks (webserver attacks, web application attacks, and SQL injection) and countermeasures
§ Wireless encryption, wireless threats, and countermeasures
§ Mobile platform attack vector, mobile device management, mobile security guidelines, and security tools
§ IoT and OT concepts, attacks, and countermeasures
§ Cloud computing technologies, cloud computing threats, attacks, and security techniques
§ Fundamentals of pen testing

Ethical Hacking Essentials (EHE) is a first-of-its-kind MOOC certification that provides foundational knowledge and skills in ethical hacking with add-on labs for hands-on experience.

Duration: 1 week

Curriculum:
- Module 01: Information Security Fundamentals
- Module 02: Ethical Hacking Fundamentals
- Module 03: Information Security Threats and Vulnerability Assessment
- Module 04: Password Cracking Techniques and Countermeasures
- Module 05: Social Engineering Techniques and Countermeasures
- Module 06: Network Level Attacks and Countermeasures
- Module 07: Web Application Attacks and Countermeasures
- Module 08: Wireless Attacks and Countermeasures
- Module 09: Mobile Attacks and Countermeasures
- Module 10: IoT and OT Attacks and Countermeasures
- Module 11: Cloud Computing Threats and Countermeasures

- Module 12: Penetration Testing Fundamentals