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Ethical Hacking and CountermeasuresCourse Outline(Version 8)Module 01: Introduction to Ethical Hacking ??Information Security Overview o Internet Crime Current Report: IC3 o Data Breach Investigations Report o Essential Terminology o Elements of Information Security o The Security, Functionality, and Usability Triangle ??Information Security Threats and Attack Vectors o Top Information Security Attack Vectors o Motives, Goals, and Objectives of Information Security Attacks o Information Security Threats o Information Warfare o IPv6 Security Threats ??Hacking Concepts o Hacking vs. Ethical Hacking o Effects of Hacking on Business o Who Is a Hacker? o Hacker Classes o Hacktivism ??Hacking Phases Page | 2 ??Types of Attacks o Types of Attacks on a System o Operating System Attacks o Misconfiguration Attacks o Application-Level Attacks o Examples of Application-Level Attacks o Shrink Wrap Code Attacks ??Information Security Controls o Why Ethical Hacking is Necessary o Scope and Limitations of Ethical Hacking o Skills of an Ethical Hacker o Defense in Depth o Incident Management Process o Information Security Policies o Classification of Security Policies o Structure and Contents of Security Policies o Types of Security Policies o Steps to Create and Implement Security Policies o Examples of Security Policies o Vulnerability Research o Vulnerability Research Websites o What Is Penetration Testing? o Why Penetration Testing o Penetration Testing Methodology Module 02: Footprinting and Reconnaissance ??Footprinting Concepts o Footprinting Terminology o What is Footprinting? o Why Footprinting? o Objectives of Footprinting Page | 3 ??Footprinting Threats o Footprinting Threats ??Footprinting Methodology o Footprinting through Search Engines ? Finding Company’s External and Internal URLs ? Public and Restricted Websites ? Collect Location Information ? People Search ? People Search Online Services ? People Search on Social Networking Services ? Gather Information from Finan