Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing Career Program
Learn how authorized security testers discover, validate and report weaknesses in systems, networks and web applications.
What you'll learn
Understand ethical hacking, penetration testing scope, authorization and rules of engagement.
Build a strong foundation in networking, Linux, reconnaissance and vulnerability discovery.
Learn structured web, network and system security testing methodologies.
Use common offensive-security tools in controlled, authorized lab environments.
Validate vulnerabilities responsibly and distinguish real findings from false positives.
Write professional penetration-test findings with impact, evidence and remediation.
Complete a controlled penetration-testing capstone from reconnaissance to report.
Career opportunities
This course includes
Live instructor-led training
Controlled lab environments
Guided offensive-security exercises
Vulnerability reporting practice
Web and network testing scenarios
Capstone assessment
Career and interview preparation
Certificate of completion
Who it's for
- Cybersecurity beginners
- Students and graduates interested in offensive security
- IT/networking professionals
- Developers who want to understand attacker techniques
- Aspiring penetration testers and security testers
Curriculum
12 modules · Live classes · Hands-on practice · Practical assignments
- Ethical hacking vs malicious hacking
- Authorization, scope and rules of engagement
- Penetration-testing lifecycle
- Responsible disclosure and professional ethics
Practical / Lab: Create a rules-of-engagement document for a fictional assessment.
- TCP/IP, ports and services
- Linux command line and permissions
- Processes, networking utilities and remote access
- Lab environment setup
Practical / Lab: Perform service discovery inside an isolated lab.
- Passive vs active reconnaissance
- Domains, subdomains and public information
- DNS and service discovery
- Organizing reconnaissance findings
Practical / Lab: Build a reconnaissance report for an authorized lab target.
- Port and service discovery
- Banner and version identification
- Enumeration concepts
- Interpreting scan results
Practical / Lab: Scan a deliberately vulnerable lab and identify attack surface.
- Vulnerability concepts and severity
- CVE/CVSS basics
- Validation vs false positives
- Prioritizing exploitable weaknesses
Practical / Lab: Validate selected findings in a safe lab.
- HTTP/HTTPS and web architecture
- Authentication and session concepts
- Input validation and injection
- Access control and security misconfiguration
Practical / Lab: Test a deliberately vulnerable web application.
- Broken access control
- Security misconfiguration
- Injection
- Authentication failures
- Software supply-chain and integrity risks
Practical / Lab: Identify selected OWASP Top 10:2025 risks in a training application.
- Service weaknesses
- Credential and configuration issues
- Remote-access exposure
- Segmentation and defensive controls
Practical / Lab: Assess a lab network and produce prioritized findings.
- Why privilege escalation occurs
- Linux and Windows concepts
- Misconfigurations and weak permissions
- Detection and remediation perspective
Practical / Lab: Identify a deliberately introduced privilege-escalation path in a lab.
- Controlled exploitation methodology
- Evidence collection
- Impact validation
- Cleanup and safe lab reset
Practical / Lab: Demonstrate impact without damaging systems.
- Finding structure
- Evidence and reproduction steps
- Business impact
- Risk rating and remediation guidance
Practical / Lab: Write professional vulnerability findings.
- Scope and planning
- Reconnaissance and testing
- Evidence and validation
- Final report and presentation
Practical / Lab: Conduct a controlled end-to-end assessment of an intentionally vulnerable environment.
Requirements
- Basic computer knowledge is recommended.
- Networking fundamentals are helpful but taught as part of the program.
- All offensive exercises must be performed only against authorized lab systems.
- Laptop with stable internet connection and virtualization capability is recommended.
Program description
This program teaches offensive security from a professional testing perspective. The emphasis is not on breaking random websites or systems; it is on understanding how authorized testers identify weaknesses, prove risk safely and communicate remediation.
Students progress from reconnaissance and enumeration to vulnerability assessment, web security, controlled exploitation and reporting. Modern web security content incorporates the OWASP Top 10:2025, which includes risks such as broken access control, security misconfiguration, software supply-chain failures, injection and authentication failures.
Capstone / final project
Final project: perform a controlled penetration test against an intentionally vulnerable lab environment, document validated vulnerabilities, explain business impact and present remediation recommendations.
Recommended tools & platforms
Batches
New batches forming · limited seats
Mode
Live instructor-led training
Duration
12 weeks
24/7 support