Become a Certified Ethical Hacker
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Apparently, there’s a course out there that makes you a Certified Ethical Hacker (or CEH). I always thought that being a hacker was about having an certain attitude about technology. I consider myself a hacker because I own a region-free DVD player. It’s about manipulating technology to suit your needs. But unfortunately, these ‘needs’ are personal, and there are plenty of people out there for whom illegal activities like fraud constitute personal goals.
That is where a course like this comes in. This is aimed at software testers and IT security professionals. EC-Council offers courses in Security Fundamentals, Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing, Computer Forensics , Disaster Recovery and Secure Programming. They supplied me with a review copy, and as far as I can tell the books offer a wealth of information about known vulnerabilities, software tools and appropriate countermeasures. If hacking really is about thinking outside the box, knowing about what others have put into that box sounds like a good start.
There’s also a set of CD-ROMs filled with tools. While browsing the books I couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if these materials fell into the wrong hands. I fully believe this course will make you a ‘certified hacker’, but I’m not sure about the ‘ethical’ bit. I guess it’s fortunate the course isn’t very cheap. Except for one of you, that is.
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I’m going to be able to give the entire CEH course away to one of my readers. That potentially saves you a whopping $2895. To enter, do one of the following.
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