Mile2 C)PTE — Certified Penetration Testing Engineer (Self-Study)

Course and Certification Learning Options

Detailed Outline:

Module 1 – Business and Technical Logistics of Pen Testing

• Section 1 – What is Penetration Testing?
• Section 2 – Today’s Threats
• Section 3 – Staying up to Date
• Section 4 – Pen Testing Methodology
• Section 5 – Pre-Engagement Activities

Module 2 – Information Gathering Reconnaissance – Passive (External Only)

• Section 1 – What are we looking for?
• Section 2 – Keeping Track of what we find!
• Section 3 – Where/How do we find this Information?
• Section 4 – Are there tools to help?
• Section 5 – Countermeasures

Module 3 – Detecting Live Systems – Reconnaissance (Active)

• Section 1 – What are we looking for?
• Section 2 – Reaching Out!
• Section 3 – Port Scanning
• Section 4 – Are there tools to help?
• Section 5 – Countermeasure

Module 4 – Banner Grabbing and Enumeration

• Section 1 – Banner Grabbing
• Section 2 – Enumeration

Module 5 – Automated Vulnerability Assessment

• Section 1 – What is a Vulnerability Assessment?
• Section 2 – Tools of the Trade
• Section 3 – Testing Internal/External Systems
• Section 4 – Dealing with the Results

Module 6 – Hacking Operating Systems

• Section 1 – Key Loggers
• Section 2 – Password Attacks
• Section 3 – Rootkits & Their Friends
• Section 4 – Clearing Tracks

Module 7 – Advanced Assessment and Exploitation Techniques

• Section 1 – Buffer Overflow
• Section 2 – Exploits
• Section 3 – Exploit Framework

Module 8 – Evasion Techniques

• Section 1 – Evading Firewall
• Section 2 – Evading Honeypots
• Section 3 – Evading IDS

Module 9 – Hacking with PowerShell

• Section 1 – PowerShell – A Few Interesting Items
• Section 2 – Finding Passwords with PowerShell

Module 10 – Networks and Sniffing

• Section 1 – Sniffing Techniques

Module 11 – Accessing and Hacking Web Techniques

• Section 1 – OWASP Top 10
• Section 2 – SQL Injection
• Section 3 – XSS

Module 12 – Mobile and IoT Hacking

• Section 1 – What devices are we talking about?
• Section 2 – What is the risk?
• Section 3 – Potential Avenues to Attack
• Section 4 – Hardening Mobile/IoT Devices

Module 13 – Report Writing Basics

• Section 1 – Report Components
• Section 2 – Report Results Matrix
• Section 3 – Recommendations

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