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Overview
This AI-enhanced course prepares cybersecurity professionals to earn the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v13 certification in just five days. It provides real-world insights into the ethical hacking process, enabling learners to identify and address vulnerabilities across systems, networks, applications, and cloud environments.
With a curriculum structured around 20 advanced modules, learners will explore attack techniques and commercial-grade hacking tools. Delivered by EC-Council-accredited instructors, the course includes hands-on labs, real-time simulations, and certification preparation, helping learners master both the theory and practice of ethical hacking.
Prerequisites
Participants should be familiar with:
- Windows and Linux/Unix operating systems
- Networking fundamentals and cybersecurity concepts
- Basic understanding of information security protocols
Target audience
This course is ideal for:
- Cybersecurity, network security, and cloud security professionals
- Information security analysts, managers, and officers
- IT auditors, system administrators, and engineers
- Risk, threat, and vulnerability analysts
- Professionals pursuing CEH certification or roles in penetration testing
Delegates will learn how to
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Understand ethical hacking principles and information security frameworks
- Perform reconnaissance and vulnerability assessments
- Execute system, network, application, and mobile exploitation
- Analyse malware and identify attack vectors such as Trojans, worms, and APTs
- Conduct penetration testing across web servers, wireless networks, and cloud environments
- Apply countermeasures to threats including DDoS, SQL injection, and social engineering
- Evade firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and honeypots
- Use cryptography and secure communications protocols effectively
- Prepare for the CEH Knowledge and Practical Exams
Outline
Ethical hacking foundations
- Introduction to ethical hacking and the legal landscape
- Understanding security controls and compliance standards
Reconnaissance and information gathering
- Foot printing techniques and reconnaissance tools
- Scanning networks and identifying live hosts
Network and system exploitation
- Enumeration techniques and tools
- System hacking methodologies including steganography and privilege escalation
Threat detection and malware analysis
- Analysing malware threats (Trojans, viruses, worms, fileless malware)
- Sniffing attacks and defensive strategies
Social engineering and denial-of-service
- Common social engineering tactics and mitigation
- Tools and countermeasures for DoS and DDoS
Advanced exploitation techniques
- Session hijacking techniques
- Evading IDS, firewalls, and honeypots
Web application and database attacks
- Hacking web servers and web applications
- Performing SQL injection and implementing prevention techniques
Wireless, mobile, and IoT security
- Exploiting wireless networks and mobile platforms
- Assessing and securing IoT and OT infrastructures
Cloud and cryptography
- Threats and attack vectors in cloud environments
- Implementing encryption, cryptographic tools, and PKI
Hands-on hacking and AI integration
- Applying the 5-phase hacking framework: reconnaissance, scanning, gaining access, maintaining access, covering tracks
- Conducting AI-enabled penetration tests
- Working with OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities
Exams and assessments
This course includes two EC-Council certification assessments, taken post class:
- CEH Knowledge Exam: 125 multiple-choice questions (4 hours)
- CEH Practical Exam: 20 scenario-based tasks (6 hours)
Participants also benefit from knowledge checks, scenario walkthroughs, and one CEH Knowledge exam retake included in the course package.
Hands-on learning
Participants will gain hands-on experience through:
- Over 100 guided labs in a cloud-based Cyber Range
- Live environments featuring real-world vulnerabilities and unpatched systems
- Pre-configured tools and target networks to practice attacks and defences
- AI-integrated ethical hacking simulations and practical challenges
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