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Certified Penetration Testing Specialist (CPTS) Training Seminar

Overview:
The CPTS presents information on the latest vulnerabilities and defenses. This class also enhances the business skills needed to identify protection opportunities, justify testing activities and optimize security controls.

At Course Completion:
Certified Penetration Testing Specialist graduates will have obtained real world security knowledge that will help them recognize vulnerabilities, expose system weaknesses and help safe guard against threats. Students will have learnt the art of Ethical Hacking, but with a professional edge (Penetration Testing).

 
     
     
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Lesson 1: MODULE 1 - An Introduction to Penetration Testing

- What is Penetration Testing? (Blackbox vs Whitebox testing)
- What are the responsibilities for a Penetration Tester?
- An Overview of the Open-Source Security Testing Methodology Manual
- Methodology for Penetration Testing
- Penetration Testing Options
- Vulnerability Result Report Writing
- Understanding Hackers
- What Hackers Do - Hacker's / Administrators View
- Who Are Hackers
- Categorizing Hackers
- Attack Categories
- Intrusion Methods
- The Security Process and The CIA Model
- Threat Analysis

Lesson 2: MODULE 2 - Active-Passive Reconnaissance Techniques

- Planning and starting the test
- Information Gathering & Footprinting
- Passive information Gathering
- Basic Search Techniques
- Using Search Engines
- Advanced Search Techniques (Spam DBs, P2P networks)
- Google Hacking Techniques (Google cache)
- Finding Interesting Files and Directories (robots.txt)
- Searching Newsgroups
- Whois Search
- Active information Gathering
- Site Mapping/Mirroring (wget) and why it's useful
- Using Information Gathering Tools (tracert, nslookup, zone transfer)

Lesson 3: Scanning & Fingerprinting

- Port Scanning Techniques
- Using port Scanning Tools
- Types of port scan
- TCP connect () scan
- TCP SYN scan
- IP protocol scan
- TCP FIN scan
- NULL scan
- Xmas scan
- ACK scan
- Idle scan
- An introduction to netcat
- What is netcat
- How do you use netcat
- Advanced netcat usage
- An introduction to hping
- What is hping
- How do you use hping
- Advanced hping usage
- OS Fingerprinting - how does it work?
- OS Fingerprinting Tools (xprobe, nmap, cheops & p0f)
- Service probing
- Using Telnet
- Using netcat
- Using nmap
- How service probing also helps with OS fingerprints
- OS Fingerprint Countermeasures

Lesson 4: Enumeration

- Understanding Enumeration
- Types of Enumeration
- NetBIOS Enumeration
- Users and Groups
- Using net Command
- Using NBSTAT
- SNMP Enumeration
- Public Strings (bruteforcing them)
- SNMPwalk
- Advanced SNMP enumeration
- AD Enumeration
- An introduction to LDAP
- Using LDAP techniques with AD
- Using Enumeration Tools:
- Linux & Windows Tools will be covered
- Lab Session

Lesson 5: MODULE 3 - Cryptography Decrypted

- What is Cryptography?
- PKI and Public Key cryptography
- Hashing/Message digests
- Distribution of keys (X.509, PGP)
- Common Standards (SSL, IPSec, DES, AES, Blowfish, MD5, SHA-1)
- Lab Session

Lesson 6: MODULE 4 - Vulnerability Assessment

- Understanding Vulnerabilities
- Types of vulnerability
- Techniques for Finding Vulnerability
- Automated vulnerability Scanning tools
- Open Source vulnerability scanners
- Commercial vulnerability Scanners
- Microsoft MBSA
- X-Scan Scanner
- Retina Scanner
- GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner
- Lab Session

Lesson 7: MODULE 5 - Hacking Windows

- Windows Architecture Overview
- Rights Management Services / Identity Integration Server
- Vulnerabilities & attacks
- Remote password guessing
- Tapping The Wire
- Privilege escalation
- Password cracking
- keystroke loggers
- Password sniffers
- Covering tracks
- Hiding files
- Buffer overflows
- Lab Session

Lesson 8: MODULE 6 - Advanced Vulnerability & Exploitation Techniques

- How Does an Exploit Works?
- Exploit Example
- Defense against buffer overflows
- Privilege Escalation
- The Metasploit Project
- CORE Impact In-depth
- Lab Session

Lesson 9: MODULE 7 - Malware

- Defining Malware: Trojans and backdoors
- How Trojans and Backdoors Operate
- Comprehending backdoor variants
- Netcat Indepth
- Switches
- Overview of various Trojan tools
- Learning effective prevention methods and countermeasures
- Monitoring Port Usage
- File Protection
- Overview of Anti-Trojan Software/Hardware
- Generating a Trojan program
- Lab Session

Lesson 10: MODULE 8 - Packet Sniffing - Session Hijacking

- What is packet sniffing?
- Passive and Active Sniffing
- Sniffing Tools
- What is promiscuous mode?
- The basics of packet sniffing
- Sniffing Hub - switch based networks
- ARP Spoofing - Poisoning
- DNS and IP Sniffing and Spoofing
- HTTPS and SSH Sniffing
- Changing MAC address
- Tools of the trade
- TCP/IP Stream re-assembly
- Detecting packet sniffers?
- ARP Spoofing countermeasures
- TCP/IP Session Hijacking
- TCP in-depth
- Active/Passive Hijacking
- Spoofing versus hijacking
- Defending against Hijacking
- How do you hijack a session?
- Man in the Middle concepts
- ISN's (Initial Sequence Numbers)
- Lab Session

Lesson 11: MODULE 9 - Attacking Networks - Routers, Firewalls and IDS

- Overview of Firewall's and IDS
- IDS Architecture
- CIDF model of a network IDS Design
- How to bypass Firewall and IDS using Tools
- How to perform attacks on Firewall and IDS.
- Hacking Tools - Fragrouter, Anzen NIDSbench
- Paketto Keiretsu Toolset
- Traceroute in-depth
- Packet Integrity
- Minewt 1.0

Lesson 12: MODULE 10 - Attacking Linux

- You will be introduced to core concepts of Linux operating system
- Linux Concepts
- Linux File System
- Linux - The Kernel
- Linux Shell
- Linux Configuration Files
- Linux File Permission and Access
- Examine intricacies of Linux vulnerabilities
- Physical Access
- Root kits
- Understand how an attacker can enter into the system
- Linux Tools
- How to control the attacker and minimize loss by hardening system.
- Root Kit Countermeasure's

Lesson 13: MODULE 11 - Attacking Databases

- Core concepts of databases
- Types of Databases
- The basic concepts of database and DBMS
- The different functions of DBMS
- Intricacies of different database vulnerabilities and exploits
- SQL Injection in-depth
- Credit Card Threats
- Extended Stored Procedures
- Login Threats
- Methods to secure the database
- Oracle
- MySQL
- MS-SQL Server
- Detection and patching
- Various tools and techniques
- Lab Session

Lesson 14: MODULE 12 - Attacking Web Technologies

- Web Server Assessment Overview
- Introduction to Web Servers
- Web Server Market
- Popular Web Servers and common Vulnerabilities
- Web Server Exploits
- Apache Web Server Security
- IIS Server Security
- Attacking IIS Server
- IIS Architecture
- Attacks against Web Servers
- Buffer Overflows
- Printer Overflows
- Tools used in Attacking Web Servers
- Web Server Countermeasures
- Web Application Vulnerabilities
- Web Application Penetration Methodologies
- Understanding Web Application Security
- Common Web Application Security Vulnerabilities
- Input Manipulation
- Authentication And Session Management
- Tools: Lynx, Teleport Pro, Black Widow, Web Sleuth
- Web Application Countermeasures
- Password Cracking Techniques
- Certificate Based Authentication
- Forms Based Authentication
- Password Guessing
- WebCracker
- Brutus
- ObiWan Password Cracker
- Lab Session

Lesson 15: MODULE 13 - Attacking Wireless Networks

- Introduction to Wireless Networks
- Wireless LAN network types
- Deployed Standards
- A vs B vs G
- SSID
- WEP
- WPA vs WEP
- MAC Spoofing
- EAP Types
- Message Integrity Check
- Security Mechanisms in Wireless LAN
- Vulnerabilities
- Attacks
- Attack Tools
- Defense strategies
- Lab Session

Lesson 16: MODULE 14 - Managing Operational Security

- Establishing Security Policies and Procedures
- What are security policies and procedures
- What are the legal reason for security policies and procedures
- Educating Users About Security Policies
- Common vulnerabilities introduced by users
- Training and awareness
- Applying Security Policies to Operational Management
- Methods of enforcing policies
- Resolving Ethical Dilemmas When Securing Assets

Lesson 17: MODULE 15 - Preserving Business Continuity

- Preparing to Recover from Disasters
- Most Common Causes of Business Disruption
- Defining Business Continuity Planning
- Disaster Recovery Planning and Implementation
- Communicating the Impact of Risks
- Risk Terminology
- Relationship to Threats and Vulnerabilities
- Risk Mitigation
- Performing a Secure Backup and Recovery
- Elements of a Secure Backup Strategy
- Guidelines for Securing Backup Media
- Guidelines for Securely Testing the Restoration Process

Lesson 18: MODULE 16 - Responding to Security Incidents

- Identifying Security Incidents
- Common Indicators of Security Incidents
- Symptoms of Well-Known Attacks
- Account Activity That May Signal an Attack
- System Activity That May Signal an Attack
- Guidelines for Reviewing Log Files
- Responding to Security Incidents
- What Is an Incident Response Team?
- Guidelines for Responding to a Security Incident
- Guidelines for Determining the Severity of an Incident
- Guidelines for Limiting Damage from an Incident
- Guidelines for Communicating About an Incident
- Investigating Security Incidents
- What Are the Sources of Evidence?
- Electronic Evidence to Examine
- Guidelines for Preserving Electronic Evidence
- Guidelines for Analyzing Electronic Evidence

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  Pre-requisites  
  A minimum of 12 months experience in networking technologies

Solid knowledge of TCP/IP

Computer hardware Knowledge

Knowledge of Microsoft packages

Network+ Certification
Security+ Certification
 
     
     
 
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