Cyber Security & Ethical Hacking

Build upon existing ethical hacking skills with the Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator course. This course teaches students about the processes and tools required to investigate a serious security breach and collect evidence for a potential prosecution using industry-standard principles.

The Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator qualification covers everything needed to investigate, document and prosecute a malicious security breach. The course is best suited to:

• Network engineers and IT security professionals responsible for investigating network perimeter breaches and data theft incidents.
• IT professionals who need to earn the certification to prove their experience in the field of network security.
• Network security consultants who want to offer hacking forensic services to clients.
• IT professionals who have already completed the Certified Ethical Hacker training course/certificate and who want to take their studies further.
• Individuals who would like to learn the skills and techniques required to make a career change into IT security.

Using led videos and 22 in-depth modules, the Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator course is delivered online, so that contents are available anyplace anytime, allowing students to study whenever and wherever fits best into their existing schedule. Participants can test their knowledge and understanding of the content as they progress using flash cards and educational games. End of unit tests and quizzes ensure that key concepts are properly understood before moving on to the next module, and a final mock test assess preparedness for the actual certification exam.

Our course platform also provides social networking tools that allow students to share their real world knowledge and experience; participants will learn additional practical skills from the successes and failures of their peers. Upon completion of the course students will not only have mastered the theories behind investigating a hacking, but they will also have learned the skills required to sit and pass their examination.

Key Learning Points

As a deep dive into forensic investigation techniques, students will learn everything they need to fully assess a security breach and collect the correct information required to launch and successfully prosecute a criminal attack.

The course begins with a look at the action required immediately after an attack has been identified including:

• How to carry out an investigation according to industry best practice principles and legal guidelines.
• Searching and seizing resources as required for the investigation.
• How to handle digital evidence to maintain legal standards.
• What the first responder needs to do as soon as a breach is identified to prevent loss of evidence or failing to meet legal evidence requirements.

Students will then look at the in-depth procedures involved in investigating a hacking:

• How to fit a forensic lab for investigations.
• Understanding hard disks and file systems and how they affect forensic recovery.
• The specifics of performing forensic investigations on computers running Microsoft Windows.
• Acquiring and duplicating data to preserve evidence and facilitate further investigation.
• Using Access Data’s Forensic Tookit (FTK), EnCase and special steps to review data whilst leaving all evidence intact.
• Understanding steganography and how such techniques can be used to mask data theft.
• Password recovery techniques and how to circumvent basic technologies employed to hide criminal activity.
• Comparing log files to identify instances where they may have been tampered with.

Finally the course moves on to looking at forensic investigation of other resources including:

• Carrying out forensic analysis of network resources to identify intrusion attempts.
• Checking wireless networks for evidence of unauthorised access or tampering.
• Investigating attacks against web servers, web applications and other Internet-connected resources.
• Tracing and documenting email crimes that may have been perpetrated from inside the corporate network.
• Investigating attacks on mobile resources.
• Drawing up accurate investigation reports for use as evidence in a trial.
• Preparing to deliver evidence as an expert witness in the event of a trial.

Advantages of this course

Building on existing knowledge of hacking techniques covered in the certification, students learn everything they need to collect proof for use in a criminal prosecution. Once the course has been completed, students will be ready to sit their exam and earn the certification.

Among the many benefits students will realise upon completion of this course are:

• Hands on skills and experience that will allow security professionals to properly manage breaches and cyberattacks.
• The necessary forensic and legal awareness to ensure that evidence is preserved for potential criminal and civil legal proceedings.
• A raised level of awareness that can be used to train other employees to share security responsibilities.
• An improved skill set that will help employees be more productive and efficient.
• Enhanced employment opportunities within the network security and forensic auditing arena.

IT security professionals must complete the Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator course if they plan to sit the certification exam. For any IT security professional tasked with maintaining chain of custody and evidence gathering, the course will help them learn how to capture that information without compromising any potential criminal investigation.

Master the skills of hacking and penetration to help improve corporate IT security with this comprehensive bundle of courses.

This course includes all the materials and exercises required to obtain the following industry-recognised qualifications:

• Certified Ethical Hacker.
• Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator.
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

As such the course is best suited to:

• Network engineers and IT security professionals who need to understand hacking techniques so that they can better protect resources.
• Network engineers and IT security professionals responsible for investigating network perimeter breaches and data theft incidents.
• IT professionals who need to earn the certification to prove their experience in the field of network security.
• IT and network security professionals who need an industry-recognised qualification to prove their knowledge and experience.
• Any individual interested in making a career move into an IT security role.

Key Learning Points

Each course included in the package consists of many modules that will ensure students are able to master each qualification.

The course consists of 19 modules that cover topics like:

• Using enumeration to catalogue system resources and potential routes to breach.
• Automated tools for breaching security including Trojans, backdoors, viruses, worms and Denial of Service (DOS) attacks
• The role of social engineering to steal confidential information directly from employees
• Using sniffers and session hijacking to mask illegal access to system resources
• Web-based attacks that can take online systems down.
• How wireless network security can be breached.
• How hackers avoid protective measures like IDS, firewalls and honeypots.
• Using cryptography and steganography to protect data.
• How to use the Metasploit toolkit to assess network protection measures and apply fixes where appropriate

Moving on, students will work on the Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator qualification. The course begins with a look at the action required immediately after an attack has been identified including:

• How to carry out an investigation according to industry best practice principles and legal guidelines.
• Searching and seizing resources as required for the investigation.
• How to handle digital evidence to maintain legal standards
• What the first responder needs to do as soon as a breach is identified to prevent loss of evidence or failing to meet legal evidence requirements.

Students will then look at the in-depth procedures involved in investigating a hacking:

• Acquiring and duplicating data to preserve evidence and facilitate further investigation
• Using Access Data’s Forensic Toolkit (FTK), EnCase and special steps to review data whilst leaving all evidence intact.
• Understanding steganography and how such techniques can be used to mask data theft
• Password recovery techniques and how to circumvent basic technologies employed to hide criminal activity.

Students will work on the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) qualification, by mastering subjects like:

• Information Security management.
• How To Develop An Information Security Strategy
• Risk Assessment Methodologies
• How To Implement An Info Risk Assessment Process
• Conversation Of Strategies Into Implementation Plans
• Integrating Enterprise Business Objectives And Info Security Policies
• Security Stakeholder Education Process
• Components Of Incident Response

Students will then work on achieving the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) qualification, by mastering subjects like:

• Internal Control Classifications.
• IT Strategy
• Information Systems Maintenance Practices
• Media Disposal Process
• How To Evaluate Service Level Management Practices
• Network Security Devices And Network Components
• Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Regulations

When students work on the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) qualification, they will learn about:

• Accounts And Identity Management
• Technical Penetration Testing
• Layers Of Protection
• Connectivity Interfaces And Applications
• Digital Signature Overview
• How to Apply Integrity Controls
• Types of Encryption
• Software OS and Design
• Data Backup and Control
• Policy and Program Management

Advantages of this course

This comprehensive package contains everything students need to reach the highest levels of IT security professionalism and attain not one, but five industry-recognised qualifications. Using this knowledge students will benefit from:

• A deeper understanding of network security, backed by the skills to improve their own systems.
• A comprehensive suite of skills that ensures they are more productive and efficient at work.
• The necessary knowledge to take on new responsibilities and secure promotions within the IT security team.
• Well-regarded practical skills that are in-demand worldwide, creating many new employment opportunities.

The Computer Hacker Professional Package is an extremely cost-effective way for learners to acquire all the practical skills and knowledge. This course contains everything needed to join the world’s elite IT security specialists.

Master the fundamentals of information systems security and build a career in the burgeoning IT security sector. Overseen by the Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISSCC), the Certified Information Systems Security Professional qualification is a globally recognised badge of excellence.

The CISSP course ensures that students acquire all the knowledge and skills they need to complete the certification exam and become a proven IT security expert. This course is best suited to:

• IT and network security professionals who need to improve their practical skills and attain a professional qualification.
• IT engineers and professionals who would like to specialise in IT security.
• IT consultants who want to be able to offer their clients a better service.
• Individuals who want to cross-train into a new career in IT security.

Using a series of instructor led videos and self-study manuals, the CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional course is delivered online using the learning platform. Course contents are available anyplace anytime, allowing participants to study whenever and wherever is most convenient, or to refer to them to help with challenges in their day-to-day jobs.

Learners can test their knowledge and understanding of each module as they progress using the supplied flash cards and educational games; there are also numerous scenarios in each module that students can replicate to improve their understanding. End of unit tests and quizzes ensure students have fully grasped the concepts behind information systems security before moving on to the next task. Students can discuss topics with other learners using the social networking facilities, adding another valuable learning tool by which to further improve knowledge and skills.

Key Learning Points

Over the course of ten modules students will be introduced to a number of security provisions that can be applied to protect enterprise class systems against cyberattack or negligence. Learners are taken through each concept and then given the opportunity to test their knowledge using a series of practical examples.

During the course students will cover:

• The principles of access control and how they can be strengthened and applied to keep unauthorised users out of a system.
• Telecommunications and network systems that need to be hardened to prevent data loss or theft.
• The role that information governance and risk management play in raising security standards, and how they need to be applied to corporate information systems.
• The importance of secure software architecture and design to help ensure that in-house systems protect data and resources.
• Using cryptography to protect data in transit and prevent unauthorised access of files without the correct encryption keys.
• Using security architecture and design principles to limit data access and potential angles of attack.
• Monitoring, auditing and improving operations security to keep systems secure at the point of access.
• Designing and implementing business continuity and disaster recovery plans to help re-establish operations as quickly as possible following a serious outage.
• Legal obligations of data security and obligations that must be fulfilled in the event of a criminal investigation.
• Physical and environmental security considerations, like preventing theft of computer hardware or potential fire risks.

Advantages of this course

Providing comprehensive study in each of the above fields, the CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional course, students will have everything they need, including hands-on practical experience, to pass the CISSP certification exam.

Upon completion of their studies, learners will benefit from:

• An in depth understanding of information systems security and the many aspects that need to be protected.
• Hands-on practical skills that will help security professionals overcome their network security challenges.
• The opportunity to sit the highly-regarded ISSCC CISSP certification exam.
• Improved job prospects and the opportunity to progress within the IT security sector.

The CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional course is a mandatory step towards attaining the ISSCC CISSP certification, and a great step towards mastering network security principles and techniques.

Ethical hacking is the art of defending an IT network, system or infrastructure from malicious attacks. As technology has developed, so has the sophistication with which hackers develop tools to try and gain vital information and data through cyberattacks and system breaches. This ethical hacking training will teach you the vital techniques to protect an IT infrastructure.

Many companies are looking to employ ethical hackers as they focus on protecting their systems, and regulations like GDPR place greater emphasis on their cyber and information security more than ever. Professionals with ethical hacking skills and certifications average a salary of £40,000, and with cybersecurity experts becoming more and more in-demand, this salary and the amount of opportunities opening will continue to grow.

KEY LEARNING POINTS

• Learn how to deploy proactive countermeasures
• Stay head of information security developments and exploited vulnerabilities
• Identify, counter and defend from hackers trying to penetrate networks and gain access to vital information

ADVANTAGES OF THE COURSE

• Live Chat Tutor Support is available where you will get assistance from a cyber security expert within minutes via our Live Chat platform that is available in every time zone in the world (available for a small additional fee)
• Learn from the experts who have a minimum of 15 years’ experience in the IT industry
• Multimedia learning methods including visual demonstrations, presentations, quizzes and exam simulators
• Interact and collaborate with other students using the social learning and networking platform built in to the Learner Management System