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Essentials Series
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Overview

Cover essentials skills in Network Defense, Ethical Hacking, and Digital Forensics for tomorrow?s entry-level cybersecurity technician careers

Duration

40 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Essentials Series
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EC-Council 
Highlights

  • Earn a paid certificate from after successful completion from EC Council
  • Lab Range, Post Course Assessment, Online Exam Prep & Exam Voucher with paid upgrades
  • Gain expertise on Docker Bench, AWS, L0phtCrack, Netcraft, Sleuth Kit, Wireshak, Splunk etc
  • Prepare for Local Area Network Specialist, Network Security Analyst, Network Technician, Administrator & Coordinator roles
  • EC-Council is accrediated by bodies like Department of Defense Directive 8570, American Council on Education, NICE Mapped & more
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Essentials Series
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Course details

Who should do this course?
  • For IT professionals who are seeking to foray into the exciting world of cybersecurity
  • For cybersecurity enthusiasts, career starters and students
What are the course deliverables?
  • Gain foundational knowledge in cybersecurity
  • Practice essentials skills such as how to defend networks and investigate them
  • Challenge industry recognized exams and earn cybersecurity credentials to build and further your career
More about this course
  • The Essentials Series and Certified Cybersecurity Technician (CCT) certifications will prepare and validate your skills for entry-level job roles of the future
  • EC-Council?s Essentials Series is the first MOOC certification course series covering essential skills in network defense, ethical hacking, and digital forensics
  • The program is being offered free, with optional paid upgrades to course labs, exam prep, course assessments, and exam vouchers leading to certifications across each of the three Essentials Series courses
  • The Network Defense Essentials, Ethical Hacking Essentials, and Digital Forensics Essentials are foundational programs that help students and early career professionals choose their area of competency or select a specific interest in cybersecurity
  • These programs educate learners in a range of techniques across industry verticals, such as securing networks, mitigating cyber risks, conducting forensic investigations, and more
  • The Essentials series comes with free learning resources such as eCourseware, lab tutorials, and video lectures that are easy to download and read on any device
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Essentials Series
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Curriculum

Network Defense Essentials

Network Security Fundamentals

Identification, Authentication, and Authorization

Network Security Controls: Administrative Controls

Network Security Controls: Physical Controls

Network Security Controls: Technical Controls

Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Wireless Network Security

Mobile Device Security

IoT Device Security

Cryptography and PKI

Data Security

Network Traffic Monitoring

Ethical Hacking Essentials

Information Security Fundamentals

Ethical Hacking Fundamentals

Information Security Threats and Vulnerabilities

Password Cracking Techniques and Countermeasures

Social Engineering Techniques and Countermeasures

Network Level Attacks and Countermeasures

Web Application Attacks and Countermeasures

Wireless Attacks and Countermeasures

Mobile Attacks and Countermeasures

IoT and OT Attacks and Countermeasures

Cloud Computing Threats and Countermeasures

Penetration Testing Fundamentals

Digital Forensics Essentials

Computer Forensics Fundamentals

Computer Forensics Investigation Process

Understanding Hard Disks and File Systems

Data Acquisition and Duplication

Defeating Anti-forensics Techniques

Windows Forensics

Linux and Mac Forensics

Network Forensics

Investigating Web Attacks

Dark Web Forensics

Investigating Email Crimes

Malware Forensics

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Students Ratings & Reviews

5/5
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Samyak Jain
Essentials Series
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5
Learning Experience: This is the best course to start career in cyber security. It's have all basic concepts of ethical hacking.
Faculty: All content of the course are also in pdf format and video formats It's have Web security, network security, IoT security, Cloud Security.
Course Support: Good impact
Reviewed on 18 Nov 2022Read More
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C Mahesh Babu
Essentials Series
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5
Learning Experience: The course is about to know about the Ethical Hacking Essential.I want to share experience about this course, This Course is about Hacking Methods and Network Hacking.This course helps me to gain knowledge about the Ethical Hacking.There are some pros and cons.The pros are The Course is free to gain knowledge about the Hacking Methods and terminologie.There some cons that are the course not tells about the practical view of the Ethical Hacking.
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Sai chetan
Essentials Series
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5
Learning Experience: It's very good which is conducted by ec council which helps you need show case skills
Faculty: No faculty it's all YouTube and other channels Cybersecurity network tools firewalls what not everything
Course Support: No it's just certificate
Reviewed on 21 Aug 2022Read More
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