This course aims to teach student's how to become an ethical hacker/penetration tester from a networking perspectivefrom scratch, thereforeprior knowledge of the fundamentals of networking and basicLinux commands would be beneficial but not essential. The course covers the entireprocessof network based ethical hacking from a professional penetration testers point of view.

The introductory areas coverthe ethics and jurisdictional pointssurrounding penetration testing a client network. The next sections include integral passive and activeinformation gathering functions when conducting a client engagement.

The course then looks into the various exploitationtechniques a hacker would use and accompaniesdetailed demonstrations of how to find and exploit such issues. Once exploited, the course then looks at post exploitation methods. This includesways in which an attacker can further exploit the client to gain access to other areas of the network as well as maintain access once exploited.

Finally the course focuses on additional techniques anethical hacker would take once they havealreadygainedcontrol ofa client network and therefore useperspectives such as networking tools similar toWireshark orTCPDump. In addition other entry points would includehardware tools that can be used forexploitationsuch asWiFi related hacking, which is only covered from a theoretical point of view within this course.

This course is perfect for anyone who is looking for a primer for more expensive ethical hacking certifications such as OSCP, CEH, and the technical element of CISSP.