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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Study Guide
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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Study Guide

by Matt Walker
July 2025
Intermediate to advanced
482 pages
16h 19m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Overview

The CEH exam is not an enjoyable undertaking. This grueling, exhaustive, challenging, and taxing exam will either leave you better prepared to be the best cyber security professional you can be. But preparing for the exam itself needn't be that way.

In this book, IT security and education professional Matt Walker will not only guide you through everything you need to pass the exam, but do so in a way that is actually enjoyable. The subject matter need not be dry and exhausting, and we won't make it that way. You should finish this book looking forward to your exam and your future.

To help you successfully complete the CEH certification, this book will bring penetration testers, cybersecurity engineers, and cybersecurity analysts up to speed on:

  • Information security and ethical hacking fundamentals
  • Reconnaissance techniques
  • System hacking phases and attack techniques
  • Network and perimeter hacking
  • Web application hacking
  • Wireless network hacking
  • Mobile, platform, IoT, and OT hacking
  • Cloud computing
  • Cryptography
  • Penetration testing techniques

Matt Walker is an IT security and education professional with more than 20 years of experience. He's served in a variety of cyber security, education, and leadership roles throughout his career.

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