Certified Ethical Hacker (ceh): Social Engineering

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH): Social Engineering

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH): Social Engineering

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

Overview/Description
Social Engineering is the art of manipulating people and getting them to disclose important information about themselves or their organization. This course describes different methods used by attackers, the consequences of social engineering and how to prevent it. This course is the eight in a series of courses which can used in preparation for the Certified Ethical Hacker 312-50 exam. The course has been developed in partnership with EC-Council and is based on their Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures course materials and labs.

Target Audience
Network and information security professionals

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.6

Lesson Objectives

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH): Social Engineering

recognize social engineering

match social engineering activities to their types

identify the risks of social engineering through impersonation

identify social engineering countermeasures

identify social engineering techniques and countermeasures

Course Number:
sp_ceth_b08_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate