Ethical Hacking

This course is £950 per delegate for the whole 3-day course – or £1450 which also includes a pre configured HP ‘ethical hacking laptop’ which has both Vista and Ubunto installed as part of the build along with all the tools and software pre-loaded that get discussed throughout the course. Extensive documentation, DVD with software and all meals are provided.  A PC or laptop with Internet access is necessary to complete some of the exercises during the course.   Laptops can be provided for those delegates unable to provide one of their own

Overview

Are you worried about external hackers and rogue insiders breaking into your systems? Whether it’s social engineering, network infrastructure attacks, or application hacking, security breaches in your systems can devastate your business or personal life. In order to counter these cyber threats, you must become a hacker yourself—an ethical hacker.

This ethical hacking course shows you just how vulnerable your systems are to attackers. We demonstrate how to find your weak spots and perform penetration and other security tests.  With the information learned you will be able to develop a plan to keep your information safe and sound and discover how to:

• ·         Work ethically, respect privacy, & help prevent your systems from crashing.
• ·         Develop and implement a hacking plan.
• ·         Be aware of social engineering.
• ·         Appreciate the risks of wireless LAN’s.
• ·         Understand the vulnerabilities of windows, Linux, and novel Netware
• ·         Prevent breaches in messaging systems, web applications, and databases
• ·         Report your results and managing security changes
• ·         Avoid the top 10 fatal mistakes when ethically hacking.
• ·         Get management involved with defending your systems.

As we enter into the digital era, protecting your systems and your company has never been more important.  Don’t let scepticism delay your decisions and put your security at risk.  With the knowledge gained from this ethical hacking course, you can strengthen your defences and prevent attacks from every angle!

Course content

1: Building a foundation for ethical hacking

• Introduction to ethical hacking.

  • The hacker’s mindset. Can Hacking be Ethical?

  • Understanding the dangers your network faces

  • Developing your ethical hacking plan.

  • The hacking process

2: Putting ethical hacking to work

• Social engineering.

  • Building trust, fishing for information, exploiting the relationship

  • Common Targets of Social Engineering

  • Why is Social Engineering Effective?

  • Physical security.

    • What to look for, infrastructure, utilities, office layouts and usage, network components and computers

  • Passwords.

  • Vulnerabilities

  • Cracking passwords

  • Privilege Escalation

  • Key-logging

  • Hiding files/Root kits

  • Steganography

  • Cracking countermeasures

  • Covering your tracks

3: Hacking the network.

• Network infrastructure vulnerabilities

• Choosing your tools network analysis

• Wireless network attacks.

  • Encrypted traffic

  • Rogue devices

  • MAC Spoofing

  • Countermeasures

4: Operating systems.

• Windows.

  • Essential tools and freeware

  • Information gathering

  • Shares and testing

  • Hardcore vulnerability exploitation

• Linux.

  • Essential tools and freeware

  • Scanning and countermeasures

  • File permission hacks

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5: Hacking & securing applications.

• Messaging systems.

  • Email, Spam, Phishing and Fraud

  • SMTP Attacks

  • Spoofing

  • Instant Messaging

  • VOIP

  • Denial of service attacks

  • Web Application.

    • Secure communications

    • Best practice for reducing security risk

  • Malware, Trojans and Backdoors

  6.  Ethical Hacking Aftermath

  • Reporting your results

  • Plugging Security holes

  • Managing security changes

  • Tips for getting upper management on your side and the 10 most common hacking mistakes