The CEH Certification - 4 Facts

What will the CEH certification (Certified Ethical Hacker) do for you?

How can them making money off you, actually help you?

Well, the CEH certification is in high demand and valued by organizations that must secure their IT infrastructure and networks. So there you go.

This vendor neutral certification covers common exploits, vulnerabilities and countermeasures.

No. An ethical hacker does NOT hack into NASA. The definition of an Ethical Hacker is very similar to a Penetration Tester. The Ethical Hacker is an individual who is usually employed with the organization and who can be trusted to undertake an attempt to penetrate networks and/or computer systems using the same methods as a Hacker.

Illegal hacking (i.e.; cracking computer systems, putting spywear on your girlfriend's computer etc) is a felony in the United States and other countries aren't enthusiastic about illegal hacking either. But when this type of hacking is done by request (ie, when you are given permission to hack and make money from it) and under a contract between an Ethical Hacker and an organization, it is legal. The most important point is that an Ethical Hacker has authorization to probe the target.

A Certified Ethical Hacker is a skilled professional who understands and knows how to look for the weaknesses and vulnerabilities in target systems and uses the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker. In other words, think like a criminal to catch a criminal.

2. About the CEH certification exam:

3. What’s on the CEH certification test?

The exam covers 22 primary objectives.

1. Ethics and Legal Issues
2. Footprinting
3. Scanning
4. Enumeration
5. System Hacking
6. Trojans and Backdoors
7. Sniffers
8. Denial of Service
9. Social Engineering
10. Session Hijacking
11. Hacking Web Servers
12. Web Application Vulnerabilities
13. Web Based Password Cracking Techniques
14. SQL Injection
15. Hacking Wireless Networks
16. Virus and Worms
17. Hacking Novell
18. Hacking Linux
19. IDS, Firewalls and Honeypots
20. Buffer Overflows
21. Cryptography
22. Penetration Testing Methodologies

4. There are two ways to be eligible to sit for the certified ethical hacker certification exam…

Do you have at least two years of information security related experience? If you do, you can opt for self study. You can do this either through a book(s), CBT or other methods.

OR

The Ecouncil needs proof that you have the experience to be able to sit for the exam. If you can’t provide that proof then self study isn’t an option for you. You can choose to go the boot camp way or a training school which has the EC-Council approval.

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