- Welcome to Lesson 1: Overview of Ethical Hacking
and Penetration Testing.
In this lesson, we start with an introduction
to ethical hacking and pen testing.
You will learn how to get started with ethical hacking
and pen testing and also become familiarized
with the legal aspects of penetration testing.
In addition, this lesson explores the different
penetration testing methodologies,
where you will learn about the different
penetration testing and cyber security certifications
in the industry.
We will share a few pointers
on how to build your own hacking lab,
and also you will learn a whole bunch
of open source and commercial tools
that you can actually use during your
penetration testing and your engagements.
This lesson then concludes with a look
at vulnerabilities, threats, and exploits,
and actually, an overview of today's threat landscape.
Well, we have a lot of material to cover,
so let's get started.