The Student Penetration Testing course is divided in two main sections: Preliminary skills and Penetration testing.
Students can begin the course with any of the two sections. However, we recommend that you first go through the networking, web application and programming basics.

Preliminary skills covers everything a future penetration tester should know before applying any penetration testing techniques.

The student will learn basics of networking and networking protocols through animations and practical exercises. Basics about Web Applications are provided in order to prepare the student with the skills necessary to perform attacks to Websites and Web Applications.

The Preliminary skills section will also answer the most common questions beginners have, including:

Vulnerability assessment is one of the foundations of every penetration test. Students will learn how to use Nessus, the most famous and powerful Vulnerability scanner available today.

 

 

Programming section is the new section introduced in v2 that finally solves the most common problem among beginners: knowing how to program. This has been a barrier for too much time. Now with Penetration Testing Course Student, beginners can learn Python and C++ through an effective learning methodology: learn by doing.

The student will learn Python language basics and will create 5 different scripts useful to a Penetration Tester.

Empowered with this skills, the student will be able to automate most of the steps of the Penetration Testing process becoming more efficient and self-confident during a real world engagement.
Students will learn C++ and develop their first simple programs in this difficult language.

Understanding Buffer overflows and shellcoding will become much easier with the understanding of the C++ language.

At the end of this section the student will possess the necessary confidence and capabilities to move to the next phase: the Penetration Testing section.

 

Penetration Testing section is a thorough journey through a penetration test: the student will be guided through a penetration test in all its phases: from information gathering to actual exploitation of systems.

Students will learn how to leverage the power of social networks and the most important tools to gather valuable information on the target organization. Interactive slides and video lessons will make studying fun and enjoyable while minimizing each student's learning curve.

Interactive slides and video lessons will make studying fun and enjoyable while minimizing student's learning curve.

The student will then be exposed to the most important port scanning techniques and the use of the most important port scanning tool: nmap.

Once ports and services have been enumerated and a remote network map has been created, the student will have the choice to select which attacking techniques apply to each discovered system and network device!

The student will learn how to attack Windows and Linux boxes as well as server daemons. Advanced vulnerabilities like Buffer overflow will be introduced with jargon-free examples. The most important web application related vulnerabilities will be covered with real world examples: XSS and SQL injection will finally be crystal clear to the student.

The intensive use of Backtrack and Metasploit Framework will provide the student with readily usable skills and the necessary confidence to move on with more advanced topics.

Armando Romeo is the founder of eLearnSecurity and author of the Penetration Testing Course Student.
Prior to founding eLearnSecurity, Armando had founded the Hackers Center Security research group with which has published over one hundred security advisories on open-source and commercial web applications. During his career, Armando has conducted a number of web application and network security assessments. He has served as Consultant and Head of Italian business for Security Brigade, a leading Penetration testing services company based out of Mumbai, India.
He holds a Master's Degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Pisa.

Francesco Stillavato
Francesco Stillavato is a security researcher and trainer at eLearnSecurity. He holds a Master's degree in Information Security at University of Pisa. He's co-author of Penetration Testing Course Professional v2 and Student v2 .
Currently involved in Network and Mobile Security research in eLearnSecurity R&D labs in Pisa, he's the manager of the Hera Lab project devising new scenarios and integrating new network topologies and operating systems within Hera infrastructure.

The Student Penetration testing Course is tailored for beginners and everyone can enroll in the course.

 

If you are completely new to information technology and computers, chances are you will have some difficulties.
You can focus on the Preliminary Skills section and build your background through the resources and books that we provide throughout the first part of the course.

 

The eLearnSecurity training has been designed to allow students to go through external resources at their own pace.

Life-time access to course material means that you are free to decide when and for how long to study. The pace is entirely up to you.

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What are the software/hardware requirements?

You need to have a web browser with a Flash plug-in enabled.

In order to study the course you won't be forced to use any particular OS. However you will be provided with a copy of Backtrack or you can use your own. If you run Backtrack as a virtual machine, you are should have at least 2Gb RAM, 4GB is better.

An internet connection speed of at least 128Kbit/s. 256Kbit/s or higher is recommended.

 

 

How do you provide support?

As soon as you enroll in one of our courses you are provided with access to private forum where you will find instructors and community managers available to help you 24/7.

Response time is usually a matter of hours (sometimes minutes).

Support for billing, technical and exam-related questions is also provided through email, ticketing service and Live chat.

 

 

How can I pay?

We accept all major credit cards, Paypal, Wire transfer, 2Checkout, MoneyBookers, Purchase Order.

MoneyGram or Western Union are NOT accepted.

 

 

Are there any hidden fees?

There are no hidden fees. If you are from a country where VAT is required, you have to add VAT to our ticket price. We are legally obligated to collect VAT on your behalf.

 

 

What happens when there are new updates to the course contents?

You have lifetime access to course material and we will include minor updates to the contents free of charge. Minor updates include: an addition of a new module, a new video, bug fixes, improvements to labs, addition of a small number of new labs.

You have lifetime access to course material and we will include minor updates to the contents free of charge. Minor updates include: an addition of a new module, a new video, bug fixes, improvements to labs, addition of a small number of new labs.

When we issue a new major upgrade you can upgrade to the new version with a minor upgrade fee, or keep your current version. The upgrade fee will be established proportionally to the amount of new content added and according to the time elapsed between your enrollment and the release of the new content. Note: if you enroll today and we issue a new major release you will get the new release for free.

There is no published update schedule and we reserve the right to issue minor or major updates when we see the need.

 

 

Can I request a refund if contents are too difficult for me?

We only process refunds/chargebacks for fraudulent transactions. You are given syllabuses and one demo module to see if the course fits your needs before buying.

 

 

Will this course teach me how to hack into Facebook/Twitter/[Younameit] ?

No. This is a serious course on Penetration testing.

 

 

Will this course teach me how to use Backtrack and Metasploit?

Yes, our course covers how to exploit a remote computer using Metasploit as well as the other most important tools penetration testers use.