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EC-Council Certifications

EC-Council specialises in offensive cybersecurity and digital forensics certifications. The CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) is one of the most recognised names in penetration testing, appearing frequently in government and defence job requirements. CHFI targets digital forensics investigators and is widely used in law enforcement and legal contexts.

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Key EC-Council exam terms

Core concepts that appear across EC-Council certification exams.

Service Enumeration

Service enumeration is the process of actively connecting to a target system to identify running services, open ports, and detailed information about those services for security assessment.

Vulnerability assessment

A vulnerability assessment is a systematic review of security weaknesses in an information system, evaluating if the system is susceptible to any known vulnerabilities, assigning severity levels, and recommending remediation or mitigation.

Active reconnaissance

Active reconnaissance is the process of directly interacting with a target system or network to gather information, often through scanning and probing.

Nmap Scanning

Nmap scanning is a method used to discover devices running on a network and find open ports, services, and security weaknesses.

WHOIS lookup

WHOIS lookup is a query and response protocol used to search databases that store the registration information of domain names and IP address blocks.

LDAP Enumeration

LDAP Enumeration is the process of querying a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol server to gather information about users, groups, computers, and other network resources in an organization.

WiFi Encryption Cracking

WiFi encryption cracking is the process of breaking the security on a wireless network to gain unauthorized access to the data or the network itself.

Port Scanning Techniques

Port scanning techniques are methods used to probe a computer or network to discover which network ports are open and which services are running on those ports.

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