Certified Ethical Hacking and Security Professional

Introduction

• Ethical Hacking Evolution and Hacktivism
• Need and Technical Terms
• Skills Needed and Stages of Hacking
• Ethical Hacking Modes
• Networking Basics
• Penetration Testing

Ethics

• Moral Direction and Hacker Ethics Principles
• Security Grey Areas
• Cyber Laws (IT Act, etc.)
• Rules of Engagement

Cryptography

• Cryptography Basics
• Evolution and Data Encryption Methods
• Symmetric and Asymmetric key Cryptography
• Private and Public Key Exchange
• Stream and Block Ciphers
• Secret Key Cryptography
• Message Authentication and Hash Functions
• Digital Signatures and Public Key Infrastructure

Footprinting

• Information Gathering
• DNS, whois and ARIN records
• Using traceroute, e-mail tracking and web spider
• Google Hacking

Social Engineering

• Social Engineering Concepts
• Social Engineering Attack Types
• Countermeasures for Social Engineering

Physical Security

• Basics and Need
• Physical Security Countermeasures

Network Scanning and Enumeration

• Network Scanning Techniques
• Scanners and Analyzers
• HTTP tunneling and IP spoofing
• Enumerating null sessions and SNMP enumeration

Network Attacks

• TCP/IP Packet Formats and Ports
• Firewall and IDS
• Switch Attacks
• Router Attacks
• DoS, DDoS, Session Hijacking

Wireless Networks

• Wireless LAN Basics
• WLAN Security
• WLAN Attacks
• WLAN Attack Countermeasures

System Hacking

• Password Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Countermeasure
• Spyware
• Rootkit
• Steganography
• Trojans
• Computer worm
• Backdoor
• Buffer Overflow

Windows Hacking

• Memory and Process
• Windows Architecture
• Windows Security
• Windows Attacks
• Countermeasures
• Windows Memory Protection, SEH and OllyDbg

Linux Hacking

• Linux Basics
• Linux Threats
• Linux Security
• Kernel Patching

Web Hacking

• Web Basics
• Web Server Attacks
• Web Application Attacks
• VoIP Attacks

Emerging Trends

• Cloud Computing and Security
• Identity Access Management
• Security Policies
• Mobile Security
• New Threats