Ethical Hacking (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

This course is designed to prepare learners with the Ethical Hacker skillset. Learners will become proficient in the art of scoping, executing, and reporting on vulnerability assessments, while recommending mitigation strategies. By using an engaging gamified narrative throughout the course, with real-world inspired hands-on practice labs, learners develop essential workforce readiness skills to lay a solid foundation in offensive security.

After completing this course, learners can enter cybersecurity careers, either on the offensive security side as ethical hackers or penetration testers, or on the defensive security side by understanding the mindset and tactics of threat actors, while implementing security controls and monitoring, analyzing, and responding to current security threats.

Content

In this course, learners develop ethical hacking and penetration testing skills that build a foundation for success in the cybersecurity industry. With the support of video and rich interactive media, participants learn, apply, and practice ethical hacking skills in meaningful ways through a series of realistic hands-on lab experiences.

The course also includes many opportunities for learners to practice what they are learning as they are learning it. Learning by doing is the most powerful way to build new skills and knowledge.

Note that the course is continuously evolving. Its structure and content may change from what is presented here.

The Ethical Hacker course includes the following features:

34 labs support the independent acquisition of knowledge and ethical hacking skills.
86 practice activities provide opportunities for self-assessment and identification of learning deficits.
10 modules of content cover important topics that enable students to face ethical hacking challenges.
Assessments include 10-chapter exams, a final exam, and a skills-based assessment.
Multimedia learning tools, including videos, interactive practice activities and realistic lab experiences address a variety of learning styles and help stimulate learning and promote increased knowledge retention.

Prerequisites

- Entry-level cybersecurity knowledge: CCST Cybersecurity certification or Cybersecurity Essentials (version 3.0) or Junior Cybersecurity Analyst Career Path, or equivalent

- Basic programming knowledge

Teaching methods

Course is 100% online and it can be done in own pace.

All of 10 Modules has to be done in order only after that you can do Final Exam.

Location and time

Course environment is Metropolia's Moodle and course can be done in own pace.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Online in course pace.

Alternative completion methods of implementation

N/A

Internship and working life connections

N/A

Exam dates and retake possibilities

N/A

International connections

N/A

Student workload

Depends on the student's starting level.

Content scheduling

All of 10 Modules has to be done in order before Final Exam can be done.

Assessment methods and criteria

Pass after all of 10 Modules and the Final Exam has been done.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty