Ethical Hacking Training Courses

What is ethical hacking?

Ethical hacking or penetration testing refers to the exploitation of an IT system with the permission of its owner in order to determine its vulnerabilities and weaknesses. It is an essential process of testing and validating an organisation’s information security posture and maturity. The results of ethical hacking are typically used to recommend preventive and corrective countermeasures that mitigate the risk of a cyber attack.

An ethical hacker is an individual who is trusted to attempt to penetrate an organisation’s networks and/or computer systems using the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker, but in a lawful and legitimate manner.

 

Attacking and defending

Protecting current systems and networks requires a broad understanding of attack strategies, and in-depth knowledge of the hacker’s tactics, tools and motivations. Effective ethical hacking is based on knowledge of the system network, equipment, user interaction, policies, procedures, physical security and business culture. The increasing use of social engineering attack methodologies demands that every tester is also aware of the organisation and habits of its IT users (staff).

 

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

The purpose of the CEH credential is to:

1. Establish and govern minimum standards for qualifying professional information security specialists in ethical hacking measures.
2. Inform the public that credentialed individuals meet or exceed the minimum standards.
3. Reinforce ethical hacking as a unique and self- regulating profession.

 

EC-Council

The International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) is a member-based organisation that certifies individuals in various e-business and information security skills. It is the owner and creator of the renowned Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI) and EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)/License Penetration Tester (LPT) certification, and as well as many others certification schemes, that are offered in over 87 countries globally.

 

Partnership with EC-Council

 

How to become a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

To achieve Certified Ethical Hacker qualification, we recommend the following steps:

• Attend our approved Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) classroom training course
• Pass the official CEH Exam which consists of 125 multiple-choice questions, and is taken at any Pearson VUE exam centre in the UK.

 

Penetration Testing Services

For organisations who do not have a qualified ethical hacker or penetration tester, we offer penetration testing packages that are designed to provide a complete solution for the efficient and routine testing of IT systems and web applications. For further information, please see our Penetration Testing packages.