Brief Summary
This course dives into ethical hacking and penetration testing, teaching you how to safeguard your networks and customer info from attacks. It covers essential techniques and concepts crucial for recognizing and mitigating vulnerabilities in your systems.
Key Points
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Introduction to ethical hacking and penetration testing
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Importance of protecting networks and customer data
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Fundamentals of networking and TCP/IP
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Techniques for scanning networks and using Metasploit
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Understanding malware, DoS attacks, and web application security
Learning Outcomes
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Gain a foundational understanding of networking principles
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Learn how to conduct effective penetration testing
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Understand common vulnerabilities and how to secure against them
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Become familiar with tools like Metasploit
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Develop strategies to prevent various types of cyberattacks
About This Course
Learn how to test and protect your network using Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Techniques.
In this Ethical Hacking - Whitehat Hacking and Penetration testing tutorial, expert ethical hacker Ric Messier covers the essentials you will need to know to harden and protect your hardware and software to avoid downtime and loss of data. Protecting your networks and customer data are more important that ever, and understanding HOW you are vulnerable is the best way to learn how you can prevent attacks.
Some of the topics covered in this course are; researching and background information retrieval, networking fundamentals, a deeper look at TCP/IP and packets, as well as understanding cryptography. You will learn about scanning networks, penetration testing and the use of Metasploit, malware and viruses, DoS and DDoS attacks, web application hacking and securing wireless networks. Finally, you will learn about detection evasion and preventing programming attacks, and much more throughout this video based tutorial.
By the time you have completed this video tutorial for Whitehat Hacking and Penetration testing, you will have a deeper understanding of the areas you may be potentially be vulnerable to attack in, as well as the methods that hackers use to exploit your systems, allowing you to better understand how to secure your hardware and data from unethical hackers.
Veine V.
General background explained