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The Pentagon recently ordered all troops and officials involved in protecting computer networks from enemy hackers to undergo training in computer hacking themselves.
Many don’t know what this training involves. The Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) is a professional certification provided by the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council.)
An Ethical Hacker is one name given to a Penetration Tester. An ethical hacker is usually employed by an organization who trusts him to attempt to penetrate networks and/or computer systems, using the same methods as a hacker, for the purpose of finding and fixing computer security vulnerabilities.
Illegal hacking (i.e.; gaining unauthorized access to computer systems) is a crime in most countries, but penetration testing done by request of the owner of the targeted system(s) or network(s) is not, except in Germany.
A Certified Ethical Hacker has obtained a certification in how to look for the weaknesses and vulnerabilities in target systems and uses the same knowledge and tools as a hacker. The certification is in Version 6 as of August 2008.
The EC-Council offers another certification, known as Certified Network Defense Architect (C|NDA). This certification is designed for United States Government Agencies, and is available only to members of selected agencies. Other than the name, the content of the course is exactly the same.
The actual course material must be purchased from the certification autorities, but there are a number good video series on the internet that give an overview of the CEH. We have pieced together one series as an educational tools for The Cyber Loop.
CEH part 31
CEH part 32
CEH part 33
CEH part 34
CEH part 35
CEH part 36
CEH part 37
CEH part 38
CEH part 39
CEH part 40
CEH part 41
CEH part 42
CEH part 43
CEH part 44
CEH part 45
CEH part 46
CEH part 47
CEH part 48
CEH part 49
CEH part 50
CEH part 51
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CEH part 55
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CEH part 57
CEH part 58
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CEH part 60
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CEH part 63
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CEH part 66
CEH part 67
CEH part 68
CEH part 69
CEH part 70
CEH part 71
CEH part 72
CEH part 73
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CEH part 75
CEH part 76
CEH part 77
CEH part 78
CEH part 79
CEH part 80