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Ethical Hacker

Cisco Systems

Certification

Become a contributor for free to openly demonstrate student outcomes, industry alignment & eligibility criteria.

Validates offensive cybersecurity skills including penetration testing methodologies, vulnerability exploitation, social engineering, and security assessment techniques.

Cost

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Format

Online

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Perform reconnaissance and information gathering on target systems
  • Identify and exploit network and application vulnerabilities
  • Conduct social engineering and physical security assessments
  • Execute penetration testing using industry-standard tools
  • Analyze security posture and document exploitation findings
  • Recommend remediation strategies based on assessment results
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Penetration Testers15-1299.04
  • Information Security Analysts15-1212.00
  • Network and Computer Systems Administrators15-1244.00
  • Computer Network Support Specialists15-1231.00
  • Computer Systems Engineers/Architects15-1299.08
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

Auto-populated·from NSX Competency Framework

Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Certification)

  • Multi-phase penetration testing methodologies — execute with reduced oversight across network, web application, and social engineering test vectors in client environments.
  • Exploitation frameworks such as Metasploit and custom scripts — deploy independently to validate discovered vulnerabilities and demonstrate proof-of-concept exploits.
  • Operating system and application server software — analyze configurations and misconfigurations to identify privilege escalation paths on enterprise infrastructure.
  • Complex problem-solving techniques — apply when encountering non-standard defenses or unexpected system behaviors during live penetration engagements.
  • Intermediate-level assessment reports — author with clear technical narratives, risk ratings, and remediation recommendations for both IT staff and business stakeholders.
  • Database management system software — test for authentication bypass, privilege abuse, and data exposure vulnerabilities in routine client database assessments.
  • Cloud-based management software and infrastructure — assess for misconfigured permissions, exposed storage buckets, and insecure API endpoints in cloud tenancy reviews.
  • Staff and end users reporting security incidents — assist in troubleshooting and correlating symptoms to identify whether issues stem from active compromise or system malfunction.
  • Object-oriented and scripting development environments — write and adapt exploit proof-of-concept code to validate specific vulnerability classes in target applications.
  • Inductive reasoning and pattern recognition — apply across multiple client engagements to identify recurring vulnerability trends and refine testing efficiency.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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