EC-Council
Cybersecurity Attack and Defense Fundamentals Specialization
EC-Council

Cybersecurity Attack and Defense Fundamentals Specialization

Learn Ethical Hacking, Network Defense & Forensics. Master foundational skills to pursue a cybersecurity career and help build and maintain a secure infrastructure.

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.6

(449 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

5 months
at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Information security threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks.

  • Network security assessment techniques and tools.

  • Computer forensics fundaments, digital evidence, and forensic investigation phases.

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Specialization - 3 course series

Ethical Hacking Essentials (EHE)

Course 132 hours4.6 (522 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Fundamentals of information security and ethical hacking

  • Information security threats and vulnerabilities, types of malwares, and vulnerability assessments

  • Network-level attacks including sniffing, denial-of-service, and session hijacking, and their countermeasures

  • Application-level attacks including webserver exploitation, OWASP top10 attacks, and SQL injection and their countermeasures

Skills you'll gain

Category: Network Security
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Category: Cyber Attacks
Category: Application Security
Category: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
Category: Web Applications
Category: Security Awareness
Category: Wireless Networks
Category: Mobile Security
Category: Authentications
Category: Internet Of Things
Category: Penetration Testing
Category: Cyber Threat Intelligence
Category: Vulnerability Scanning
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Encryption
Category: Threat Management

Network Defense Essentials (NDE)

Course 231 hours4.6 (109 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Fundamental concepts of network security

  • Wireless network fundamentals, types of wireless encryption, and security measures

  • Identification, authentication, and authorization

  • Cryptography techniques, cryptographic algorithms, and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Skills you'll gain

Category: Security Controls
Category: Cryptography
Category: Internet Of Things
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Network Security
Category: Authentications
Category: Wireless Networks
Category: Data Security
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Public Key Infrastructure
Category: Mobile Security
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Virtualization and Virtual Machines

Digital Forensics Essentials (DFE)

Course 325 hours4.7 (153 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Network forensics fundamentals, event correlation, and network traffic investigation

  • Data acquisition concepts, types, format, and methodology

  • Computer forensics investigation process and its phases

  • Fundamental concepts of computer forensics

Skills you'll gain

Category: Linux Commands
Category: Network Analysis
Category: Microsoft Windows
Category: File Systems
Category: Incident Response
Category: Malware Protection
Category: Web Applications
Category: Mac OS
Category: Network Security
Category: Linux
Category: Operating Systems
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Computer Security Awareness Training
Category: Cyber Attacks
Category: Data Security
Category: Cyber Threat Intelligence
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Web Servers
Category: Threat Detection

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