Penetration Testing Basics: Think Like a Hacker

About the Course:

Penetration Testing Basics: Think Like a Hacker is a 6-hour introductory course designed to teach foundational ethical hacking skills, attacker methodologies, and essential defensive strategies.

The course introduces core penetration testing concepts, guiding participants through reconnaissance, vulnerability scanning, exploitation fundamentals, post-exploitation, and professional reporting. Learners will gain the ability to understand ethical hacking principles, conduct effective reconnaissance, identify and validate vulnerabilities, perform basic exploitation, and create clear penetration testing reports.

Targeted at aspiring ethical hackers, system administrators, and blue team professionals, the course assumes basic knowledge of networking and operating systems and provides a practical, structured pathway into the world of penetration testing.

Course Objectives:

• Understand ethical hacking fundamentals.
• Conduct reconnaissance.
• Identify vulnerabilities.
• Perform basic exploitation.
• Create penetration test reports.

Who is the Target Audience?

• Aspiring ethical hackers, engineers, system administrators, and blue team professionals.
• Security enthusiasts, engineers, system administrators, and SOC analysts.
• Entry-level security professionals, engineers, and IT administrators.
• Engineers and IT professionals seeking foundational penetration testing skills.
• Developers, engineers, system administrators, and security practitioners interested in offensive security.
• Technical professionals, including engineers and administrators, are transitioning into cybersecurity.

Basic Knowledge:

• Basic networking and operating system knowledge.