ADVANCED PENETRATION TESTING

Description:
5-Day Course. The course will combine interactive classroom instruction, demonstrations and hand on lab activities. The objective of this course is to level the playing field between security professionals and the most competent cyber criminals and terrorists. These highly controversial skills and knowledge are offered to ensure that IT and security professionals have equivalent and better knowledge than the adversaries they face. This is coupled with professional training for conducting vulnerability assessments and penetration tests.

Who Should Attend:
For networking and IT managers, network engineers, network administrators, auditors, consultants and software developers concerned about network security.

Cost:
The cost for the Advanced Penetration Testing course is $3995 CDN per attendee.
CISSP / SSCP Discount*:10% discount upon presentment of CISSP / SSCP certification.
ISSA Member Discount*: 5% discount for all ISSA members.
* Note, only one discount per attendee is applicable.

Certification:
A certification of completion will be provided.

Course Outline:
NTG's Network Security Commando Series Courses are designed to deliver critical knowledge to security and networking professionals on penetrating and exploiting networks. The Advanced Penetration Testing course is based on the Offensive Operations Model, which describes the process taken by the most professional criminals and cyber terrorists to compromise and exploit any type of network environment.

The Advanced Penetration Testing course is based on the lessons learned from over 10 years of experience hacking computer systems, networks, phone systems, and more for clients globally. Participants are trained using the comprehensive Offensive Operations Model methodology that describes the process taken by the most professional of adversaries to compromise any type of network and execute criminal operations against the victim organization. The Model provides a rigorous and thorough approach with each step weighted against the associated risks, and the appropriate controls that should be in place to mitigate them. The Advanced Penetration Testing course will include the following sections:

• Understanding the Enemy
• Why Penetration Testing?
• The Penetration Testing Lifecycle
• The Offensive Operations Model
• Security Architecture Review
• Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis
• Active and Passive Reconnaissance Techniques
• Attack and Penetration Techniques
• Physical Penetration Testing and Social Engineering
• Presenting Penetration Testing Results

The course is designed to bring to industry professionals the knowledge and techniques used by professional hackers and criminals to penetrate and compromise the integrity of corporate networks. This is coupled with a comprehensive methodology for conducting Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Tests. NTG believes that gaining mastery of penetration testing techniques and tools are critical skills that should be understood by technical network security professionals.