| A Certified Ethical Hacker is one who knows | | | | networks, and the steps they can take to |
| how thieves and hackers work. The best way to | | | | secure a system. Students will be taught |
| catch a thief is to act like a thief, and to | | | | about several different attacks, such as DDos |
| be able to get inside their minds, to prevent | | | | attacks, and virus creation. They will also |
| them from hacking your network. The best way | | | | be taught, in this intensive five day course, |
| to find out if your network is secure is to | | | | about intrusion detection, social |
| attack it in just the same manner that a | | | | engineering, and policy creation. |
| hacker would. | | | | |
| | | | The intensive CEH training course is composed |
| The goal of an ethical hacker is to help take | | | | of twenty two modules, each teaching a |
| preemptive measures against malicious | | | | different aspect of CEH. The course begins |
| attacks. This is done by attacking the system | | | | with lessons in ethics and legality, followed |
| while staying within legal limits. The | | | | by web application vulnerabilities, foot |
| philosophy behind this stems from the | | | | printing, web based password cracking |
| practice of catching a thief by thinking like | | | | techniques, and scanning. The course |
| one. This has proved crucial as technology | | | | continues with an SQL injection module, |
| advances and the dependency on technology | | | | enumeration, hacking wireless networks, and |
| increases. | | | | system hacking. Next comes the very things |
| | | | that nearly anyone who uses the internet is |
| The CEH training course will put the students | | | | concerned about, including a virus and worms |
| into an interactive environment where they | | | | module, then Trojans and backdoors, physical |
| will be shown the techniques to test, hack, | | | | security, sniffers and Linux hacking. There |
| and then secure their systems. This CEH | | | | is even a module about cryptography. There |
| course at is lab intensive, and gives the | | | | are lots of intensive, hands on laboratory |
| students in depth knowledge and experience | | | | work in this course. |
| with the most current, and essential security | | | | |
| systems. | | | | After the course, students will be prepared |
| | | | to sit for the certification exam, which |
| Students in this CEH certification course | | | | after passing, they will be certified ethical |
| will be taught how perimeter defense works, | | | | hackers. This course would signifigantly |
| and they will then be taught how to scan and | | | | benefit security officers, system |
| attack their networks. No real networks will | | | | administrators, and really anyone who is |
| be compromised in this course though. The | | | | concerned about the security and integrity of |
| students are taught how intruders break into | | | | their network. |