Introduction to Ethical Hacking

The Introduction to Ethical Hacking course highlights the need for penetration testing and how it can help businesses identify the flaws within their own IT infrastructure.

This 10-week level 4 course is aimed to introduce students to the concepts and systems of ethical hacking. Participants will obtain a better understanding of the tools, tactics, methodologies, and stages of conducting an ethical and legal hack of a target, as well as the legal requirements for doing so.

Course overview

During this course, you will learn:

• Ethical Hacking: An Introduction
• Discovering system vulnerabilities
• Let’s hack the system “ethically!”
• Tools used in hacking activity
• Techniques and methods that hackers use to breach a target system or network
• Different types of attacks and the breadth of skills employed