Ethical Hacking: Introduction to Ethical Hacking (2019)

Course details

What is ethical hacking? When it comes to cybersecurity, hacking comes in many colors: white, grey, black, and shades in between. White hat hackers use their skills for good. They practice ethical hacking: involved testing to see if an organization's network is vulnerable to outside attacks. Ethical hacking is key to strengthening network security, and it's one of the most desired skills for any IT security professional. If you're interested in becoming an ethical hacker, or getting started securing your own network, this introduction is for you. Security expert Lisa Bock explores today's threat landscape, dissecting the top attack vectors and motives for attacks. Lisa identifies a variety of ways to secure an organization, explores policies that help enforce security objectives, and more.

Topics include:
Today's threat landscape
Managing incidents
Creating security policies
Protecting data
The COBIT framework
Conducting penetration testing

Concepts

Introduction

Locking down the organization
What you should know
Hacking ethically

Ethical Hacking Overview

Information security overview
Today's threat landscape
Navigating attack vectors
Comparing attack types
Understanding the Cyber Kill Chain
Challenge - The Cyber Kill Chain
Solution - The Cyber Kill Chain

Information Security Controls

Defining ethical hacking
Defense in depth
Managing incidents

Data Protection in a Digital World

Protecting the data
Defining standards and regulations
Outlining the COBIT framework
Exploring the security plan
Creating security policies
Recognizing components of a security policy
Challenge - Create a security policy
Solution - Create a security policy

Supporting Ethical Hacking

Understanding vulnerabilities
Penetration testing methodology
Hacking concepts
The human factor in ethical hacking
Stepping through the hacking phases

Conclusion

Next steps