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10 Benefits of Becoming a Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) The Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) credentialing and training program provided by EC-Council is a respected and trusted ethical hacking program in the industry. [1] The credentialing program is also used as a hiring standard for Fortune 500 organizations, cybersecurity practices, and governments.

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Why C|EH Tops the Charts Year After Year Though the IT industry continues to improve after a tough recession, professionals at various levels are still facing challenges, some new and some hidden. At the same time, career development has become a synonym to new opportunities in other industries. Will this inspire techies to shift to new prosperous roles, and if yes, why should they do it? This whitepaper will serve as advice to all those IT professionals who are seeking a change and wondering what’s next.

1. Accredited by ANSI American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a certification body who uses international standards to assure that your certification meets a preset benchmark. The process is rigorous and timeconsuming and its purpose is to provide third-party verification that the certification program meets the highest of standards. Since the inception of Certified Ethical Hacker in the year 2003, the credential has become one of the best options for professionals across the world. The C|EH exam is ANSI 17024 compliant adding value and credibility to credential members. Today you can find Certified Ethical Hacker credential professionals working with some of the finest and largest companies across industries such as healthcare, financial, government, energy, and much more.

2. Recognized by DoD 8570 and GCT Certified Ethical Hacking is a respected certification in the industry and has received the GCHQ Certified Training (GCT) accreditation in the UK, and it is recognized certification for the Department of Defense’s (DoD) computer network defense Service Providers (CND-SP’s) in the US. C|EH is also listed as the baseline certification in the US Department of Defence (DoD) Directive 8570. Many intelligence agencies such as the FBI, the Pentagon, the US Army, and Fortune 500 companies prefer the Certified Ethical Hacker credentialing program to enhance the knowledge and hone skills of their security personnel.

3. Global Recognition Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) credential is globally recognized by companies and organizations such as Deloitte, IBM, EY, United States Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs and much more. Let us see what cybersecurity experts from around the world have to say about their C|EH experience:

Forrest Berry, IT Security Engineer at Coupa Software I have recently completed my certification in EC-Council’s Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH). The courseware and training material was excellent, from both a study and a lightweight field manual perspective. It really provided a good sense of directional thinking patterns about attack analysis, open framework pieces of hacking, scanning, and recon phase steps.

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The best part of the training for me was the focus on penetration testing, techniques, and tools used to understand how to blend machine vulnerabilities with human design to understand the decision vectors. [2]

Daryl James, Cyber Security Engineer at Imperial IT As someone with current cybersecurity experience, I took a program from EC-Council (Certified Ethical Hacker) to broaden my knowledge in the field of countermeasures. I am extremely happy with my decision to do so as the courseware and training material were very accessible and informative, covering the topic well. The courseware was filled with interesting challenges that helped me gain knowledge and experience at the same time. Despite this being a very volatile sector where attack vectors change on a regular basis, the C|EH course manages to place a person on the same page, enabling them with the skills required to handle the new volatile sectors. [3]

Angelo Dantes, Sr. System Administrator at Palace Private Office Becoming a Certified Ethical Hacker is a must, especially when you are in the information security industry. The training program course material is quite extensive and very informative. I would never imagine being able to learn so much in such a short span. I loved the fact that I was also able to practice my skills through the practical labs provided at the end of every module! [4]

4. Maps to the NICE 2.0 Framework The NICE Framework encompasses the detailed combination of cybersecurity works which covers precise skills, abilities, and knowledge required to perform certain tasks in the job role. By mapping the program with NICE 2.0 Framework’s Protect and Defend specialty area, EC-Council assures that the Certified Ethical Hacking (C|EH) credential and training program is directly mapped to a wide variety of job roles in today’s market.

5. Hands-On 40 percent of the C|EH class is dedicated to developing the practical skills through EC-Council’s virtual labs - iLabs. This provides students the hands-on experience on the latest hacking tools, methodologies techniques, tricks, etc. C|EH credential comes integrated with access to iLabs to emphasize the learning objectives. It also provides around 2285 of the latest tools to work with and a large array of operating systems such as Android, Ubuntu Linux, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012 and 2016, Kali Linux 2017.2, etc.

6. Extensive Courseware Certified Ethical Hacking consists of 20 distinct modules such as sniffing, cryptography, enumeration, Malware threats, social engineering, and much more. In the C|EH training program individuals will be able to work with approximately 2285 different tools and 340 attack techniques which are used by hackers and information security professionals.

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7. Modules Covering the Latest in the Industry Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) comes with an entire module dedicated to vulnerability analysis. This module teaches security professionals to perform vulnerability analysis in order to identify security weak spots in the target company’s end systems, network, and communication systems. This module covers the entire vulnerability management lifecycle and tools used to perform the vulnerability assessment.

8. A Complete Malware Analysis Program Through the Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) program you will have the opportunity to learn how to work on reverse engineering malware to determine the source, potential impact, and functionality of a malware. By performing a malware analysis, the specific information regarding the malware can be extracted, analyzed and this is a crucial skill of an ethical hacker.

9. Coverage of the Latest Malware and Ethical Hacking Tools The Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) credential is updated to match today’s cybersecurity trends by including the latest ransomware, financial malware, banking threats, IoT botnets, Android malware and much more. The Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) credential and training program includes a library of hacking tools which are required by penetration testers and security practitioners to find or uncover various vulnerabilities across different operating platforms. Thus, providing a wider option to enhance your knowledge and hone your skills in this developing ethical hacking domain.

10. Remunerative Role According to the IT Salary Report by Global Knowledge and TechRepublic, C|EH was slotted as the highest salary hike. The average payout to a Certified Ethical Hacker is $89,000 per annum when compared with other professions within the IT industry with payouts close to that of CEH professionals such as System Analysis ($85,234); Servers and Storage ($83,284), Networking ($75,667), etc. Certified Ethical Hacker positions are very challenging, interesting, and remunerative. [5]

For more information, visit https://www.eccouncil.org/programs/certified-ethical-hacker-ceh/

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