Ethical Hacking

Ethical hacking, or security testing, is the art and science of finding the flaws in an organization's network systems or web applications. Identifying those vulnerabilities can give the organization a fighting chance to fix them before the bad guys find them.

This course is a hands-on overview of the open source tools that information security professionals use to conduct professional caliber penetration tests. Prerequisites include a basic understanding of the ways network systems and operating systems work, basic familiarity with Linux, the ability to run virtual machines (VMWare, etc.) so you can set up attack systems and target systems, and a computer that's ready to run Kali Linux and Metasploit software.

• Explore the concepts of security testing and the knowledge required to perform it
• Understand reconnaissance and the publicly available tools used to gather information on potential targets
• Discover the scanning techniques used to identify network systems' open ports
• Learn to identify network system vulnerabilities and confirm their exploitability
• Explore techniques for identifying web application vulnerabilities and attacks
• Learn about client-side attacks and client-side attack tools
• Gain hands-on experience using Metasploit penetration testing software

Ric Messier (GCIH, GSEC, CEH, CISSP) is the Director for Cyber Academic Programs at Circadence. He has decades of information security experience and is the author of dozens of O'Reilly titles on InfoSec and digital forensics, including "Introduction to Penetration Testing" and "Learning Linux Security". He holds degrees in Information Technology, Digital Forensic Science, and Information Assurance and Security.