The Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v13 is the world’s first ethical hacking program powered by Artificial Intelligence. This course integrates AI across all five phases of ethical hacking, empowering professionals to automate threat detection, predict breaches, and respond to cyber incidents. Furthermore, it provides the skills necessary to hack AI-driven technologies and defend against the OWASP Top 10 AI vulnerabilities.
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Certified Ethical Hacker Course Description
Institution: CyberVantage LLC
Format: iLearn (Self-Study), iWeek (Live Online), Master Class, or Training Partner (In-Person)
Duration: 6m/weekday, 3m/weekend
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Master the five phases of ethical hacking: Reconnaissance, Scanning, Gaining Access, Maintaining Access, and Clearing Tracks.
- Seamlessly integrate AI tools like ShellGPT, ChatGPT, FraudGPT, and DeepExploit into cybersecurity tasks.
- Hack AI systems and mitigate threats such as Prompt Injection, Training Data Poisoning, and Model Denial of Service.
- Automate repetitive tasks to increase task efficiency by up to 40% and double overall productivity.
- Conduct real-world ethical hacking engagements through live cyber ranges and capture-the-flag (CTF) competitions.
Course Outline
Module 01: Introduction to Ethical Hacking
- Fundamentals and key issues in information security, relevant laws, and standard procedures.
Module 02: Footprinting and Reconnaissance
- Latest techniques and tools for footprinting and reconnaissance as a critical pre-attack phase.
Module 03: Scanning Networks
- Network scanning techniques and active countermeasures.
Module 04: Enumeration
- Enumeration techniques, including BGP and NFS exploits, and associated countermeasures.
Module 05: Vulnerability Analysis
- Identifying security loopholes in target networks and end systems using vulnerability assessment tools.
Module 06: System Hacking
- System hacking methodologies, steganography, steganalysis attacks, and covering tracks.
Module 07: Malware Threats
- Trojans, viruses, worms, APTs, fileless malware, and malware analysis procedures.
Module 08: Sniffing
- Packet sniffing techniques for discovering network vulnerabilities and defensive countermeasures.
Module 09: Social Engineering
- Identifying theft attempts, auditing human-level vulnerabilities, and suggesting countermeasures.
Module 10: Denial-of-Service
- DoS and DDoS attack techniques, auditing tools, and protection strategies.
Module 11: Session Hijacking
- Discovering network-level session management, authentication, and cryptographic weaknesses.
Module 12: Evading IDS, Firewalls, and Honeypots
- Evasion techniques and tools used to audit network perimeters for weaknesses.
Module 13: Hacking Web Servers
- Attack methodologies used to audit vulnerabilities in web server infrastructures.
Module 14: Hacking Web Applications
- Comprehensive hacking methodology for auditing vulnerabilities in web applications.
Module 15: SQL Injection
- SQL injection attack techniques, evasion methods, and countermeasures.
Module 16: Hacking Wireless Networks
- Encryption types, threats, hacking tools, and countermeasures for wireless networks.
Module 17: Hacking Mobile Platforms
- Android and iOS hacking, mobile device management, and mobile security guidelines.
Module 18: IoT Hacking
- Internet of Things (IoT) and operational technology (OT) attacks and countermeasures.
Module 19: Cloud Computing
- Container technologies, serverless computing, and various cloud computing threats and attacks.
Module 20: Cryptography
- Encryption algorithms, PKI, disk encryption, cryptography attacks, and cryptanalysis tools.
Lab Requirements, Materials, and Engagement
- Student & Lab Manuals: Over 2,500 pages of student manuals and 2,000 pages of lab manuals.
- Simulated Evidence & Labs: Access to over 221 hands-on labs, dedicating more than 50% of training time to practical exercises.
- Software & Tools: Access to over 4,000 commercial-grade hacking and security tools and 550 attack techniques.
- CEH Engage: A four-part emulated ethical hacking engagement targeting a realistic organization (ABCDorg) in a consequence-free cyber range.
- Global Challenges: Monthly 4-hour CTF competitions focusing on new attack vectors and emerging vulnerabilities.
Evaluation & Examination
To achieve the CEH certification—and optionally the CEH Master designation—students must pass rigorous evaluations.
- CEH Knowledge Exam:
- Format: 125 Multiple-Choice Questions.
- Duration: 4 Hours.
- Passing Score: 60% – 85%.
- CEH Practical Exam (Earns CEH Master when combined with Knowledge Exam):
- Format: 20 Practical Challenges via iLabs Cyber Range.
- Duration: 6 Hours.
- Passing Score: 60% – 85%.