Offensive Security
Course
Offensive Security
43 hours 45 minutes
Credits: Optional Learning
Description
In this course, learners will develop a comprehensive and practical understanding of ethical hacking and penetration testing – from foundational concepts and legal frameworks to advanced exploitation techniques and professional reporting. Learners will explore the full ethical hacking lifecycle including reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, and vulnerability analysis, before progressing to system hacking, malware threats, sniffing, and authentication attacks. They will conduct network-level attacks including social engineering, denial of service, session hijacking, and evasion of IDS and firewalls, and apply techniques for establishing persistence, lateral movement, and data exfiltration. Learners will also attack and assess web applications, wireless networks, mobile platforms, and IoT and OT systems, and examine cloud security and cryptography from an offensive perspective. The course concludes with a thorough grounding in penetration testing methodology, governance, risk and compliance, and professional communication and remediation reporting.
What Students Will Learn
- Introduction to Ethical Hacking
- Introduction to Network Enumeration
- Vulnerability Analysis & Exploitation Exploration
- Packet Sniffing Exploration
- Firewalls, IDSs, and Honeypots
- Ethical Hacker: Incident Response
- Ethical Hacker: Security Standards
- Ethical Hacker: Secure Technology & Applications
- Ethical Hacker: Account Creation
- Ethical Hacker: Hacking Techniques
- CEH v13: Footprinting
- CEH v13: Scanning
- CEH v13: Enumeration Techniques
- CEH v13: Vulnerability Analysis
- CompTIA PenTest+: Using Scripts for Reconnaissance & Enumeration
- CEH v13: System Hacking
- CEH v13: Malware Threats
- CEH v13: Sniffing
- CompTIA PenTest+: Host-Based Attacks
- CompTIA PenTest+: Authentication Attacks
- CEH v13: Social Engineering
- CEH v13: Denial of Service (DoS)
- CEH v13: Session Hijacking
- CEH v13: Evading IDS, Firewalls, and Honeypots
- CompTIA PenTest+: Establishing & Maintaining Persistence
- CompTIA PenTest+: Moving Laterally Throughout the Environment
- CompTIA PenTest+: Staging & Data Exfiltration
- CompTIA PenTest+: Cleanup & Restoration
- CEH v13: Hacking Web Servers
- CEH v13: Hacking Web Applications
- CEH v13: SQL Injection
- CEH v13: Hacking Wireless Networks
- CEH v13: Hacking Mobile Platforms
- CEH v13: IoT and OT Hacking
- CEH v13: Cloud Computing
- CEH v13: Cryptography
- Pen Testing for Software Development: The Penetration Testing Process
- CompTIA PenTest+: Governance, Risk, & Compliance
- CompTIA PenTest+: Testing Frameworks & Methodologies
- CompTIA PenTest+: Collaboration & Communication Activities
- CompTIA PenTest+: Reporting & Remediation
- CEH Certified Ethical Hacker Practice Exams, Fifth Edition
Overall Learning Outcomes
- Explain ethical hacking concepts, methodologies, legal frameworks, security controls, and incident response principles
- Perform footprinting, scanning, enumeration, and vulnerability analysis to gather intelligence during the reconnaissance phase
- Execute system hacking techniques including malware deployment, sniffing, and authentication attacks
- Conduct network-level attacks including social engineering, denial of service, session hijacking, and IDS and firewall evasion
- Apply post-exploitation techniques including persistence, lateral movement, data exfiltration, and environment cleanup
- Identify and exploit vulnerabilities in web servers, web applications, and SQL databases
- Assess and attack wireless networks, mobile platforms, and IoT and OT environments
- Evaluate cloud computing environments and apply cryptographic concepts from an offensive security perspective
- Execute structured penetration tests following professional methodologies and testing frameworks
- Apply governance, risk, and compliance principles to penetration testing engagements
- Produce professional penetration testing reports and communicate findings and remediation recommendations to stakeholders