CPTE: CERTIFIED PENETRATION TESTING ENGINEER Training in Santa Clarita
 
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| Course Description | ||
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	Certified Penetration Testing Engineer Exam 
                        Course Length: 5 Days Course Tuition: $2690 (US) | ||
| Prerequisites | |
| A minimum of 12 months experience in networking technologies Sound knowledge of TCP/IP Knowledge of Microsoft packages Network+, Microsoft, Security+ Basic Knowledge of Linux is essential | |
| Course Outline | 
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	Module 1: Business and Technical Logistics of Pen Testing 
	Lab Getting Set Up 
	Exercise 1 Naming and subnet assignments 
	Exercise 2 Discovering your class share 
	Exercise 3 VM Image Preparation 
	Exercise 4 Discovering the Student Materials 
	Exercise 5 PDF Penetration Testing Methodologys review 
	Module 2: Linux Fundamentals 
	Lab Linux Fundamentals 
	Exercise 1 ifconfig 
	Exercise 2 Mounting a USB Thumb Drive 
	Exercise 3 Mount a Windows partition 
	Exercise 4 VNC Server 
	Exercise 5 Preinstalled tools in BackTrack 5 
	Module 3: Information Gathering 
	Lab Information Gathering 
	Exercise 1 Google Queries 
	Exercise 2 Footprinting Tools 
	Exercise 3 Getting everything you need with Maltego 
	Exercise 4 Using Firefox for Pen Testing 
	Exercise 5 Documentation of the assigned tasks 
	Module 4: Detecting Live Systems 
	Module 4 Lab Detecting Live Systems  
	Exercise 1 Look@LAN 
	Exercise 2 Zenmap 
	Exercise 3 Zenmap in BackTrack 5 
	Exercise 4 NMAP Command Line 
	Exercise 5 Hping2 
	Exercise 6 Unicornscan 
	Exercise 7 Documentation of the assigned tasks 
	Module 5: Enumeration 
	Lab Reconnaissance  
	Exercise 1 Banner Grabbing 
	Exercise 2 Zone Transfers 
	Exercise 3 SNMP Enumeration 
	Exercise 4 LDAP Enumeration 
	Exercise 5 Null Sessions 
	Exercise 6 SMB Enumeration 
	Exercise 7 SMTP Enumeration 
	Exercise 8 Documentation of the assigned tasks 
	Module 6: Vulnerability Assessments 
	Lab Vulnerability Assessment  
	Exercise 1 Run Nessus for Windows 
	Exercise 2 Run Saint 
	Exercise 3 Documentation of the assigned tasks 
	Module 7: Malware Goes Undercover 
	Lab Malware  
	Exercise 1 Netcat (Basics of Backdoor Tools) 
	Exercise 2 Exploiting and Pivoting our Attack 
	Exercise 3 Creating a Trojan 
	Exercise 4 Documentation of the assigned tasks 
	Module 8: Windows Hacking 
	Lab Windows Hacking  
	Exercise 1 Cracking a Windows Password with Linux 
	Exercise 2 Cracking a Windows Password with Cain 
	Exercise 3 Covering your tracks via Audit Logs 
	Exercise 4 Alternate Data Streams 
	Exercise 5 Stegonagraphy 
	Exercise 6 Understanding Rootkits 
	Exercise 7- Windows 7 Client Side Exploit (Browser) 
	Exercise 8- Windows 2008 SMBv2 Exploit 
	Exercise 9 Documentation of the assigned tasks 
	Module 9: Hacking UNIX/Linux 
	Lab Hacking UNIX/Linux  
	Exercise 1 Setup and Recon Do you remember how? 
	Exercise 2 Making use of a poorly configured service 
	Exercise 3 Cracking a Linux password 
	Exercise 4 Creating a backdoor and covering our tracks 
	Exercise 5 Documentation of the assigned tasks 
	Module 10: Advanced Exploitation Techniques 
	Lab Advanced Vulnerability and Exploitation Techniques  
	Exercise 1 Metasploit Command Line 
	Exercise 2 Metasploit Web Interface 
	Exercise 3 Exploit-DB.com 
	Exercise 4 Saint 
	Exercise 5 Documentation 
	Module 11: Pen Testing Wireless Networks 
	Lab Attacking Wireless Networks 
	Exercise 1 War Driving Lab 
	Exercise 2 WEP Cracking Lab (classroom only) 
	Exercise 3 Documentation 
	Module 12: Networks, Sniffing and IDS 
	Lab Networks, Sniffing and IDS 
	Exercise 1 Capture FTP Traffic 
	Exercise 2 ARP Cache Poisoning Basics 
	Exercise 3 ARP Cache Poisoning – RDP 
	Exercise 4 Documentation 
	Module 13: Injecting the Database 
	Lab Database Hacking 
	Exercise 1 Hacme Bank Login Bypass 
	Exercise 2 Hacme Bank Verbose Table Modification 
	Exercise 3 Hacme Books Denial of Service 
	Exercise 4 Hacme Books Data Tampering 
	Exercise 5 Documentation of the assigned tasks 
	Module 14: Attacking Web Technologies 
	Lab Hacking Web Applications 
	Exercise 1 Input Manipulation 
	Exercise 2 Shoveling a Shell 
	Exercise 3 Hacme Bank Horizontal Privilege Escalation 
	Exercise 4 Hacme Bank Vertical Privilege Escalation 
	Exercise 5 Hacme Bank Cross Site Scripting 
	Exercise 6 Documentation of the assigned tasks 
	Module 15: Project Documentation 
	A5 Lab Cryptography 
	Exercise 1 Caesar Encryption 
	Exercise 2 RC4 Encryption 
	Exercise 3 IPSec Deployment Post-Class Lab CORE IMPACT 
	Exercise 1 CORE IMPACT | 
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