Description

eJPT Certification: Junior Penetration Tester Training

 

The eJPT Certification Junior Penetration Tester Training is designed as an entry-level program to help aspiring ethical hackers and cybersecurity professionals gain essential penetration testing skills. Through a hands-on and practical approach, this course builds foundational knowledge in network security, web application vulnerabilities, and penetration testing methodologies, preparing you to earn the eJPT (eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester) certification.

Course Overview

This course guides you through the fundamentals of penetration testing. Starting with basic network security concepts, you’ll explore practical applications in information gathering, scanning and enumeration, vulnerability assessment, and exploitation. The curriculum is tailored to beginners, ensuring that you’ll develop critical thinking and practical skills necessary for a successful start in penetration testing and ethical hacking.

What You’ll Learn

• Networking essentials and TCP/IP fundamentals
• Information gathering and reconnaissance techniques
• Scanning and enumeration methods
• Identifying and exploiting web application vulnerabilities
• Penetration testing tools, including Nmap, Metasploit, and Burp Suite
• Basic scripting and automation for penetration testing

Who is This Course For?

This training is ideal for:

• Systems Administrators
• IT Project Managers
• Information Security Officers
• Security Engineers/Analysts
• DevOps/ Software Developers
• Managed Service Providers (MSPs)
• Manage Security Service Providers (MSSPs)

Course Highlights

The eJPT Penetration Tester Training provides interactive labs and real-world scenarios that simulate penetration testing environments. You’ll gain practical experience with widely used tools and methodologies, building a solid foundation in both theory and application.

Course Modules

Assessment Methodologies (25%)

• Locate endpoints on a network
• Identify open ports and services on a target
• Identify operating system of a target
• Extract company information from public sources
• Gather email addresses from public sources
• Gather technical information from public sources
• Identify vulnerabilities in services
• Evaluate information and criticality or impact of vulnerabilities

Host and Networking Auditing (25%)

• Compile information from files on target
• Enumerate network information from files on target
• Enumerate system information on target
• Gather user account information on target
• Transfer files to and from target
• Gather hash/password information from target

Host and Network Penetration Testing (35%)

• Identify and modify exploits
• Conduct exploitation with metasploit
• Demonstrate pivoting by adding a route and by port forwarding
• Conduct brute-force password attacks and hash cracking

Web Application Penetration Testing (15%)

• Identify vulnerabilities in web applications
• Locate hidden file and directories
• Conduct brute-force login attack
• Conduct web application reconnaissance

Additional Resources

• OWASP Foundation – Resources on web application security
• INE – Network security and penetration testing training
• TryHackMe – Hands-on labs for ethical hacking practice

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