Master the concepts of IT penetration testing with the Penetration Testing Essentials course. The Penetration Testing Training offers an understanding of topics such as scanning and enumeration, intelligence gathering, cracking password, cryptography, reporting, retaining access with backdoors and malware, working with defensive and detecting sections, and many more. This penetration testing course will help you learn about the various ethical hacking methods currently being used on the front lines.

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Learning Objectives

Gain the foundational knowledge you need to take the first stesp on this topic.

1

  • Introduction to Penetration Testing

  • Defining Penetration Testing
    Preserving Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
    Appreciating the Evolution of Hacking
2

  • Introduction to Operating Systems and Networking

  • Comparing Common Operating Systems
    Exploring Networking Concepts
3

  • Introduction to Cryptography

  • Recognizing the Four Goals of Cryptography
    The History of Encryption
    Speaking Intelligently About Cryptography
    Comparing Symmetric and Asymmetric Cryptography
    Transforming Data via Hashing
    A Hybrid System: Using Digital Signatures
    Working with PKI
4

  • Outlining the Pen Testing Methodology

  • Determining the Objective and Scope of the Job
    Choosing the Type of Test to Perform
    Gaining Permission via a Contract
    Following the Law While Testing
5

  • Gathering Intelligence

  • Introduction to Intelligence Gathering
    Examining a Company's Web Presence
    Finding Websites That Don't Exist Anymore
    Gathering Information with Search Engines
    Targeting Employees with People Searches
    Discovering Location
    Do Some Social Networking
    Looking via Financial Services
    Investigating Job Boards
    Searching Email
    Extracting Technical Information
6

  • Scanning and Enumeration

  • Introduction to Scanning
    Checking for Live Systems
    Performing Port Scanning
    Identifying an Operating System
    Scanning for Vulnerabilities
    Using Proxies (Or Keeping Your Head Down)
    Performing Enumeration
7

  • Conducting Vulnerability Scanning

  • Introduction to Vulnerability Scanning
    Recognizing the Limitations of Vulnerability Scanning
    Outlining the Vulnerability Scanning Process
    Types of Scans That Can Be Performed
8

  • Cracking Passwords

  • Recognizing Strong Passwords
    Choosing a Password-Cracking Technique
    Executing a Passive Online Attack
    Executing an Active Online Attack
    Executing an Offline Attack
    Using Nontechnical Methods
    Escalating Privileges
9

  • Retaining Access with Backdoors and Malware

  • Deciding How to Attack
    Installing a Backdoor with PsTools
    Opening a Shell with LAN Turtle
    Recognizing Types of Malware
    Launching Viruses
    Launching Worms
    Launching Spyware
    Inserting Trojans
    Installing Rootkits
10

  • Reporting

  • Reporting the Test Parameters
    Collecting Information
    Highlighting the Important Information
    Adding Supporting Documentation
    Conducting Quality Assurance
11

  • Working with Defensive and Detection Systems

  • Detecting Intrusions
    Recognizing the Signs of an Intrusion
    Evading an IDS
    Breaching a Firewall
    Using Honeypots: The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
12

  • Covering Your Tracks and Evading Detection

  • Recognizing the Motivations for Evasion
    Getting Rid of Log Files
    Hiding Files
    Evading Antivirus Software
    Evading Defenses by Entering Through a Backdoor
    Using Rootkits for Evasion
13

  • Detecting and Targeting Wireless

  • An Introduction to Wireless
    Breaking Wireless Encryption Technologies
    Conducting a Wardriving Attack
    Conducting Other Types of Attack
    Choosing Tools to Attack Wireless
    Knocking Out Bluetooth
    Hacking the Internet of Things (IoT)
14

  • Dealing with Mobile Device Security

  • Recognizing Current-Generation Mobile Devices
    Working with Android OS
    Working with Apple iOS
    Finding Security Holes in Mobile Devices
    Encountering Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
    Choosing Tools to Test Mobile Devices
15

  • Performing Social Engineering

  • Introduction to Social Engineering
    Exploiting Human Traits
    Acting Like a Social Engineer
    Targeting Specific Victims
    Leveraging Social Networking
    Conducting Safer Social Networking
16

  • Hardening a Host System

  • Introduction to Hardening
    Three Tenets of Defense
    Creating a Security Baseline
    Hardening with Group Policy
    Hardening Desktop Security
    Backing Up a System
17

  • Hardening Your Network

  • Introduction to Network Hardening
    Intrusion Detection Systems
    Firewalls
    Physical Security Controls
18

  • Navigating the Path to Job Success

  • Choosing Your Career Path
    Build a Library
    Practice Technical Writing
    Display Your Skills
19

  • Building a Test Lab for Penetration Testing

  • Deciding to Build a Lab
    Considering Virtualization
    Getting Starting and What You Will Need
    Installing Software

Audience

Anyone wishing to explore this topic will benefit.

Language

English

Prerequisites

There are no rerequisites for this course.

Length: 365.0 days ( hours)

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