Certified Ethical Hacker v13

Overview

This AI-enhanced course prepares cybersecurity professionals to earn the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v13 certification in just five days. It provides real-world insights into the ethical hacking process, enabling learners to identify and address vulnerabilities across systems, networks, applications, and cloud environments.

With a curriculum structured around 20 advanced modules, learners will explore attack techniques and commercial-grade hacking tools. Delivered by EC-Council-accredited instructors, the course includes hands-on labs, real-time simulations, and certification preparation, helping learners master both the theory and practice of ethical hacking.

Prerequisites

Participants should be familiar with:

• Windows and Linux/Unix operating systems
• Networking fundamentals and cybersecurity concepts
• Basic understanding of information security protocols

Target audience

This course is ideal for:

• Cybersecurity, network security, and cloud security professionals
• Information security analysts, managers, and officers
• IT auditors, system administrators, and engineers
• Risk, threat, and vulnerability analysts
• Professionals pursuing CEH certification or roles in penetration testing

Objectives

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

• Understand ethical hacking principles and information security frameworks
• Perform reconnaissance and vulnerability assessments
• Execute system, network, application, and mobile exploitation
• Analyse malware and identify attack vectors such as Trojans, worms, and APTs
• Conduct penetration testing across web servers, wireless networks, and cloud environments
• Apply countermeasures to threats including DDoS, SQL injection, and social engineering
• Evade firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and honeypots
• Use cryptography and secure communications protocols effectively
• Prepare for the CEH Knowledge and Practical Exams

Outline

Ethical hacking foundations

• Introduction to ethical hacking and the legal landscape
• Understanding security controls and compliance standards

Reconnaissance and information gathering

• Foot printing techniques and reconnaissance tools
• Scanning networks and identifying live hosts

Network and system exploitation

• Enumeration techniques and tools
• System hacking methodologies including steganography and privilege escalation

Threat detection and malware analysis

• Analysing malware threats (Trojans, viruses, worms, fileless malware)
• Sniffing attacks and defensive strategies

Social engineering and denial-of-service

• Common social engineering tactics and mitigation
• Tools and countermeasures for DoS and DDoS

Advanced exploitation techniques

• Session hijacking techniques
• Evading IDS, firewalls, and honeypots

Web application and database attacks

• Hacking web servers and web applications
• Performing SQL injection and implementing prevention techniques

Wireless, mobile, and IoT security

• Exploiting wireless networks and mobile platforms
• Assessing and securing IoT and OT infrastructures

Cloud and cryptography

• Threats and attack vectors in cloud environments
• Implementing encryption, cryptographic tools, and PKI

Hands-on hacking and AI integration

• Applying the 5-phase hacking framework: reconnaissance, scanning, gaining access, maintaining access, covering tracks
• Conducting AI-enabled penetration tests
• Working with OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities

Exams and assessments

This course includes two EC-Council certification assessments, taken post class:

• CEH Knowledge Exam: 125 multiple-choice questions (4 hours)
• CEH Practical Exam: 20 scenario-based tasks (6 hours)

Participants also benefit from knowledge checks, scenario walkthroughs, and one CEH Knowledge exam retake included in the course package.

Hands-on learning

Participants will gain hands-on experience through:

• Over 100 guided labs in a cloud-based Cyber Range
• Live environments featuring real-world vulnerabilities and unpatched systems
• Pre-configured tools and target networks to practice attacks and defences
• AI-integrated ethical hacking simulations and practical challenges