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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Course Overview

The Ethical Hacking certification course is a 12 weeks program that is completely online and is taught by IIT Kharagpur professor Indranil Sengupta. The online platform of Swayam is used for offering the teachings of this ethical hacking course. Ethical hacking is a subject that is very important in these recent years. Thus learning this course has become very essential for both individuals, and organizations who want to work toward the information technology infrastructure. 

The Ethical Hacking training is ideal for students who belong to a background in IT, Communication, Computer Science, Engineering in more. This ethical hacking course is ideal to help the organization prevent vulnerabilities in a system, application, or infrastructure that an attacker can use for exploitation. The online ethical course will help in preventing security breaches.

The Highlights

  • 12 weeks course duration
  • Online programme
  • Undergraduate or postgraduate level
  • Elective programme

Programme Offerings

  • online mode
  • Case Studies
  • 3 Credit Points
  • IIT Professor Taught

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 1000yesIIT Kharagpur

The Ethical Hacking certification fee is optional based on the requirement of a certificate. The exam fee for this course is Rs. 1000, otherwise, just for learning the resources, it is free.

Ethical Hacking Fee Structure

Description

Amount in INR

Certification Exam Fee (Optional)

Rs. 1000


Eligibility Criteria

Academic Qualifications

Some basic knowledge of concepts of networking and programming is required for the ethical hacking course.

Certification Qualifying Details

The learners shall be awarded the Ethical Hacking certification by Swayam, NPTEL, and IIT Kharagpur after the final score is achieved by the participants.

What you will learn

Ethical hacking

The Ethical Hacking certification syllabus will be teaching the following:

  • Some elementary concepts are knowledge of network security, networking, and cryptography.
  • The candidates will also learn ways to secure the various attacks and vulnerabilities.
  • The participants shall be encouraged to make demonstrations of the different experiments taught during the ethical hacking course.

Who it is for

The course is ideal for people who are already stepping foot into becoming ethical hackers or aspire to be one.


Admission Details

To get enrolled in Ethical Hacking classes, go through these steps:

Step 1 - Go through the official URL https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc22_cs13/preview

Step 2 - The participants will need to sign up or sign in for proceeding further toward the admissions. 

Step 3 - Then the learning can start on Swayam.

The Syllabus

  • Introduction to ethical hacking
  • Fundamentals of computer networking
  • TCP/IP protocol stack

  • IP addressing and routing
  • TCP and UDP
  • IP subnets

  • Routing protocols
  • IP version 6

  • Installation of attacker and victim system
  • Information gathering using advanced google search, archive.org, netcraft, whois, host, dig, dnsenum and NMAP tool.

  • Vulnerability scanning using NMAP and Nessus
  • Creating a secure hacking environment
  • System Hacking: password cracking, privilege escalation, application execution
  • Malware and Virus
  • ARP spoofing and MAC attack

  • Introduction to cryptography
  • private-key encryption
  • public-key encryption

  • Cryptographic hash functions
  • digital signature and certificate
  • applications.

  • Steganography
  • biometric authentication
  • network-based attacks
  • DNS and Email security

  • Packet sniffing using wireshark and burpsuite, password attack using burp suite
  • Social engineering attacks and Denial of service attacks.

  • Elements of hardware security: side-channel attacks, physical inclinable functions, hardware trojans.

  • Different types of attacks using Metasploit framework: password cracking, privilege escalation, remote code execution, etc.
  • Attack on web servers: password attack, SQL injection, cross site scripting.

  • Case studies: various attacks scenarios and their remedies.

Evaluation process

The Ethical Hacking certification requires a proctored exam to be attended at a decided venue after the course is over. There is a minimal fee that has to be paid in case the exam has to be given, and certification needs to be obtained. The passing marks for hacking course certification are calculated based on the average assignment score which includes 25% marks in 8 of the 12 assignments. The final examination score has to be 75% out of 100.

Instructors

IIT Kharagpur Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Who is the professor of the Ethical Hacking online course?

The name of the IIT professor is Indranil Sen Gupta who is the instructor.

2: What are the requirements that need to be met before enrolling on this hacking course?

Some previous programming and networking knowledge have to be present.

3: How many weeks of learning are required for the Ethical Hacking certification course?

There are 12 weeks of learning which have to be completed mandatorily.

4: Will the final score breakup be mentioned on the final certification?

Yes, the final score breakup will be shared on the final certification of the candidates.

5: On which site is the certificate verifiable?

The certificate can be cross-checked at the nptel.ac.in/noc site.

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