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DIY Penetration Testing for Your Home and Organization

Course ID#: 434 | Short Title: DIY Penetration Testing | Category: Security

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Course Description

Every year, countless data breaches occur around the world that cost organizations billions of dollars. All reports that the frequency, size and scope of data breaches is increasing at an alarming rate. A recent report by IBM showed that average cost of a data breach is $3.86 million dollars, if you’re lucky! Penetration testing is a security procedure that can help identity your potential deficiencies. This course will focus on practical, do-it-yourself methods of checking the security IT of your home or office. It will help you identify areas where your security could be improved, and potential holes closed.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the various holes, issues and risks that face your organization with respect to its technology.
• List, understand and unitize the major tools for promoting security in your organization such anti-malware, spam protection, firewall, and more.
• Identify various low-cost tools such as Gone Phishing or Shodan for uncovering potential issues with your home or organizations network.
• Identify the common techniques that attackers use in a data breach and try them against your organization. The intention would be resolve the know issues once you’ve identified the deficiencies before they are used against you.

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