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Ethical Hacker

Nanodegree Program

This program will equip students with the skills they need to advance in their security career and become an Ethical Hacker or Penetration Tester.

This program will equip students with the skills they need to advance in their security career and become an Ethical Hacker or Penetration Tester.

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2 months

Real-world Projects

Completion Certificate

Last Updated February 13, 2024

Skills you'll learn:
Report writing • Cybersecurity reconnaissance • Open-source intelligence • Owasp wstg
Prerequisites:
Network security fundamentals • Command line interface basics • Computer networking basics

Courses In This Program

Course 1 45 minutes

Welcome To the Ethical Hacker Nanodegree

Course 2 4 weeks

Introduction to Ethical Hacking

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the broad set of techniques and job responsibilities associated with the role of an Ethical Hacker. Ethical Hackers leverage their knowledge of business’ processes to evaluate risks while protecting core operations. The results of an Ethical Hacker’s efforts are improvements to business policies, procedures and standards of conduct on its computer systems.

Course 3 4 weeks

Penetration Testing and Red Teaming

The purpose of this course is to take a deep dive into the specific technique of penetration testing and how it can be used to perform a cybersecurity assessment on a specific system and conducted as a part of a specific penetration testing project within an organization to identify vulnerabilities, flaws and risks.

Course 4 10 minutes

Congratulations!

Taught By The Best

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Paul Oyelakin

Founder of PJ Pros

Paul Oyelakin is the founder of PJ Professional IT Services. He has experience in security compliance, penetration testing, and architecting network security solutions for business and government. He has an MBA, MS in Cybersecurity, and is a Certified Ethical Hacker & Information System Security Professional.

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Sagar Bansal

Chairman at Bansal X

Sagar Bansal is a consultant, speaker, and author in the information security industry. He helps large enterprises, governments and intelligence agencies reduce the cost of security by creating reliable and proactive security workflows.

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