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The OSCP is a hands-on penetration testing certification, requiring holders to successfully attack and penetrate various live machines in a safe lab environment. [2] It is considered more technical than other ethical hacking certifications, [3] [4] and is one of the few certifications that requires evidence of practical penetration testing ...
In addition to certification obtained by taking courses and/or passing exams (and in the case of CISSP and others noted below, demonstrating experience and/or being recommended or given a reference from an existing credential holder), award certificates also are given for winning government, university or industry-sponsored competitions ...
The courses cover security fundamentals and technical aspects of information security. The institute has been recognized for its training programs [3] and certification programs. [4] Per 2021, SANS is the world’s largest cybersecurity research and training organization. [5] SANS is an acronym for SysAdmin, Audit, Network, and Security. [6]
Jay Bavisi is the Founder of EC-Council Holding Pte Ltd, [1] [2] the parent company of all of EC-Council Group of Companies. The first organization of the group, International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) was founded in 2001 in response to the September 11 attacks to certify professionals who could protect against attacks on electronic commerce.
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) is a qualification given by EC-Council and obtained by demonstrating knowledge of assessing the security of computer systems by looking for vulnerabilities in target systems, using the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker, but in a lawful and legitimate manner to assess the security posture of a target ...
Offensive Security (also known as OffSec) [1] is an American international company working in information security, penetration testing and digital forensics.Operating from around 2007, [2] the company created open source projects, advanced security courses, the ExploitDB vulnerability database, and the Kali Linux distribution.
Cyber espionage, cyber spying, or cyber-collection is the act or practice on obtaining secrets and information without the permission and knowledge on the holder of the information using methods on the Internet, networks or individual computers through the use of proxy servers, [1] cracking techniques and malicious software including horses and spyware.
A white hat (or a white-hat hacker, a whitehat) is an ethical security hacker. [1] [2] Ethical hacking is a term meant to imply a broader category than just penetration testing. [3] [4] Under the owner's consent, white-hat hackers aim to identify any vulnerabilities or security issues the current system has. [5]