Ethical Hacking Training

Initialize your operational capability with Tactical Phase 01. OCPT-A bridges the gap between low-level architecture and active network reconnaissance. You will master the absolute foundations of computing – CPU logic, memory, and reverse engineering with Ghidra – before pivoting to network intelligence. The curriculum demands total proficiency in the OSI model, stealth target acquisition via Nmap, and deep-packet interception using Wireshark and TCPDump. This is the mandatory intelligence layer required to identify vulnerabilities before offensive exploitation begins.

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Recommended PRE-REQUISITE

Module Skill level

All Levels

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Level

All Levels
Duration

57 hours
Last Updated

September 5, 2026
Certificate

Certificate of completion

Course Curriculum

Introduction to Low Level Computing – (NO LOGIN REQUIRED TO WATCH FOR THIS SECTION)
Explore how computers truly work - learn binary logic, memory, CPU operations, and hardware–software interaction at the foundational low-level layer.

How Computers Communicate: CPU, Memory, and Input/Output Explained

04:32
Preparing Development Environment

18:16
What Happens When You Use a Computer

17:00

Computer Science : Computer Arithmetic 101
Understand how computers perform arithmetic - binary addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and number representations forming the core of digital computation.

Computer Science : Boolean Algebra 101
Learn Boolean algebra - logic gates, truth tables, simplification, and fundamental operations forming the basis of all digital circuit design.

Computer Science : Computer Internals and Electronics
Explore computer internals - CPUs, memory, buses, and electronic components that power digital systems and enable hardware-software interaction.

Computer Science : Combinational Logic Circuits
Learn combinational logic circuits - gates, truth tables, Boolean simplification, and design methods forming the foundation of digital hardware systems.

Introduction to Ghidra for Computer Science and Ethical Hacking
Learn Ghidra - reverse engineering fundamentals, static/dynamic analysis, scripting with Python/Java, and ethical vulnerability discovery for security-aware developers.

Understanding Low-Level Computing for Ethical Hackers
Master CPU internals, memory, assembly, system calls, and firmware analysis to uncover vulnerabilities and strengthen system security.

Introduction to Reverse Engineering
Learn reverse engineering to analyze software, uncover vulnerabilities, and understand malware - essential skills for ethical hacking and cybersecurity defense.

Assembly Language
Learn assembly, CPU instructions, memory access, and basic debugging, essential for understanding low-level computing and ethical hacking.

Network Security for Ethical Hacking : Nmap
Learn Nmap scanning types and workflows to map networks, identify hosts and services, and plan ethical security assessments.

Nmap Masterclass for Cybersecurity
Advanced Nmap techniques, NSE scripting, scan tuning, fingerprinting and evasion strategies for professional, lawful network reconnaissance and penetration testing.

Reconnaissance with Nmap
Learn host discovery, service enumeration, OS/version fingerprinting, NSE usage, and legal best practices for safe, effective network reconnaissance.

Scanning Web Servers with Nmap
Use Nmap to discover open ports, enumerate web services, detect versions and common vulnerabilities, and prepare safe, lawful assessments.

Detecing Firewalls
Identify firewall presence and behavior using probes, TTL/IPID analysis, TCP/UDP tests, and interpretation, while respecting legal boundaries.

Introduction to Ethical Hacking and Network Security
Understand ethical hacking principles, threat modeling, common attack vectors, defensive controls and legal responsibilities to proactively secure networks.

Packet Analysis and Networking for Ethical Hackers
Learn packet structures, capture and analysis tools, TCP/IP behavior, protocol forensics, and traffic-based detection to investigate network attacks.

OSI Model
Understand the seven layers of the OSI model, how data flows through networks, and how each layer supports secure communication.

Getting Started with Wireshark
Learn to capture, filter, and analyze network traffic with Wireshark, essential for troubleshooting, packet analysis, and ethical hacking.

Capturing Live Packets with Wireshark
Capture live network traffic, apply capture filters, inspect packet details and protocols, and perform real-time troubleshooting and analysis.

TCPDump & Tshark
Master command-line packet analysis using TCPDump and Tshark, capture network data efficiently, apply filters, and analyze protocols for security insights.

Network Layer Structures and Operations
Learn how the network layer manages routing, addressing, and packet delivery across interconnected systems for efficient and secure communication.

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

12:00
Internet Protocol (IP) in Theory

08:00
Time to Live and Routing Behavior

15:00
Structure of TCP

05:00
Detailed Analysis of Random TCP Packet

22:00
Structure of UDP

07:00
UDP Packet Analysis – DNS Response

17:00
Full DHCP Communication Packet Analysis

50:00
HTTP Packet Structure

05:00
HTTP Communication Analysis

32:00

Advanced Skills with Ethical Hacking and Network Security
Develop offensive and defensive expertise - exploitation, lateral movement, threat emulation, secure architecture review, incident response, and mitigation strategies.

Student Assessment Test
As a beginning, this is the easiest test introducing you to the Certified Ethical Hacking (CEH) questions. The answers are explained, and presented in a lecture-style format, which will help you learn effectively.

CEH Assessment Questions
CEH – Introduction
CEH – System Fundamentals
CEH – Cryptography
CEH – Footprinting
CEH – Scanning
CEH – Enumeration
CEH – System Hacking
CEH – Malware
CEH – Sniffers
CEH – Social Engineering
CEH – DoS
CEH – Session Hijacking
CEH – Web Server & Applications
CEH – SQL Injection
CEH – Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
CEH – Mobile Device Security
CEH – Evasion
CEH – Cloud Technologies & Security
CEH – Security
Certificate

Offensive Python : Building Custom Malware and Python Hacking

Level

All Levels
Duration

57 hours
Last Updated

September 5, 2026
Certificate

Certificate of completion

OCPT | Professional Penetration Tester

OCFI | Digital Forensic Investigator

OCAUTO | Automotive Systems Architect

All Certifications

REVERSE ENGINEERING | TTP SYSTEM ENTRY

DFIR | FORENSIC INVESTIGATIVE MINDSET

CTF | CAPTURE THE FLAG OPERATIONS

CERTIFICATIONS | ALL ACTIVE PROGRAMS

HACKATHON NEWS

Ethical Hacking Training

Operator Profile

Target Audience

Objectives

What I will learn?

Recommended PRE-REQUISITE

Requirements

Module Skill level

EXCLUSIVE RESOURCES |

EXCLUSIVE RESOURCES |

Course Curriculum

Introduction to Low Level Computing – (NO LOGIN REQUIRED TO WATCH FOR THIS SECTION) Explore how computers truly work - learn binary logic, memory, CPU operations, and hardware–software interaction at the foundational low-level layer.

How Computers Communicate: CPU, Memory, and Input/Output Explained

Preparing Development Environment

What Happens When You Use a Computer

Computer Science : Computer Arithmetic 101 Understand how computers perform arithmetic - binary addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and number representations forming the core of digital computation.

How Addition Happens in Decimal

Addition Arithmetic in Unsignet Integers

Substraction in Decimal

Substraction Arithmetic in Unsigned Integers

Substraction Arithmetic in Signed Integers

Computer Science : Boolean Algebra 101 Learn Boolean algebra - logic gates, truth tables, simplification, and fundamental operations forming the basis of all digital circuit design.

Boolean Algebra for Low Level Computing

Computer Science : Computer Internals and Electronics Explore computer internals - CPUs, memory, buses, and electronic components that power digital systems and enable hardware-software interaction.

Introduction to Electronics for Hardware Engineers

Logic Gates and Their Hardware Implementation

Capacitors and Implementations on Circuits

Why Use Inductors on Motherboards

Power Consumption and Transistors

MOSFET Transistors

CMOS Switches in Modern CPUs

Computer Science : Combinational Logic Circuits Learn combinational logic circuits - gates, truth tables, Boolean simplification, and design methods forming the foundation of digital hardware systems.

Introduction to Logic Circuits

Full Adders

NAND and NOR Gates

Introduction to Ghidra for Computer Science and Ethical Hacking Learn Ghidra - reverse engineering fundamentals, static/dynamic analysis, scripting with Python/Java, and ethical vulnerability discovery for security-aware developers.

Understanding How Ghidra Works and Other Important Steps

Ghidra Analyzers and User Interface

Customizing Ghidra and Graphs

Getting Familiar with Ghidra Top Menu Bar

Understanding Low-Level Computing for Ethical Hackers Master CPU internals, memory, assembly, system calls, and firmware analysis to uncover vulnerabilities and strengthen system security.

Introduction to Low Level Computing

From Characters to Bits

Creating Our Instruction Set Architecture CPU

Introduction to Reverse Engineering Learn reverse engineering to analyze software, uncover vulnerabilities, and understand malware - essential skills for ethical hacking and cybersecurity defense.

Reverse Engineering & Malware Analysis

5 Important Steps in Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis

Virtualization Environment for Our Work

Using Built-in Tools for System Analysis

Assembly Language Learn assembly, CPU instructions, memory access, and basic debugging, essential for understanding low-level computing and ethical hacking.

Registers

Flags

Memory Addressing and Endianness

Read and Understand Assembly

Opcodes

Manipulating Memory

Network Security for Ethical Hacking : Nmap Learn Nmap scanning types and workflows to map networks, identify hosts and services, and plan ethical security assessments.

Nmap’s Network Scanning Capabilities

Beginning to Use NSE Scripts

Port Scanning on Servers

Port Scanning Techniques and Interface Selection

Nmap Using Target List and Exclude List with File

Nmap Operating System Detection

Random Port Scanning and Legal Issues

Nmap Masterclass for Cybersecurity Advanced Nmap techniques, NSE scripting, scan tuning, fingerprinting and evasion strategies for professional, lawful network reconnaissance and penetration testing.

Unique Techniques That You’ll Learn in This Section

Advanced TCP ACK and SYN Scan

Advanced ICMP

Reconnaissance with Nmap Learn host discovery, service enumeration, OS/version fingerprinting, NSE usage, and legal best practices for safe, effective network reconnaissance.

Introduction to Reconnaissance

IP Geolocation and Whois using Nmap

Introduction to Low Level Computing – (NO LOGIN REQUIRED TO WATCH FOR THIS SECTION)
Explore how computers truly work - learn binary logic, memory, CPU operations, and hardware–software interaction at the foundational low-level layer.

Computer Science : Computer Arithmetic 101
Understand how computers perform arithmetic - binary addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and number representations forming the core of digital computation.

Computer Science : Boolean Algebra 101
Learn Boolean algebra - logic gates, truth tables, simplification, and fundamental operations forming the basis of all digital circuit design.

Computer Science : Computer Internals and Electronics
Explore computer internals - CPUs, memory, buses, and electronic components that power digital systems and enable hardware-software interaction.

Computer Science : Combinational Logic Circuits
Learn combinational logic circuits - gates, truth tables, Boolean simplification, and design methods forming the foundation of digital hardware systems.

Introduction to Ghidra for Computer Science and Ethical Hacking
Learn Ghidra - reverse engineering fundamentals, static/dynamic analysis, scripting with Python/Java, and ethical vulnerability discovery for security-aware developers.

Understanding Low-Level Computing for Ethical Hackers
Master CPU internals, memory, assembly, system calls, and firmware analysis to uncover vulnerabilities and strengthen system security.

Introduction to Reverse Engineering
Learn reverse engineering to analyze software, uncover vulnerabilities, and understand malware - essential skills for ethical hacking and cybersecurity defense.

Assembly Language
Learn assembly, CPU instructions, memory access, and basic debugging, essential for understanding low-level computing and ethical hacking.

Network Security for Ethical Hacking : Nmap
Learn Nmap scanning types and workflows to map networks, identify hosts and services, and plan ethical security assessments.

Nmap Masterclass for Cybersecurity
Advanced Nmap techniques, NSE scripting, scan tuning, fingerprinting and evasion strategies for professional, lawful network reconnaissance and penetration testing.

Reconnaissance with Nmap
Learn host discovery, service enumeration, OS/version fingerprinting, NSE usage, and legal best practices for safe, effective network reconnaissance.

Scanning Web Servers with Nmap
Use Nmap to discover open ports, enumerate web services, detect versions and common vulnerabilities, and prepare safe, lawful assessments.

Detecing Firewalls
Identify firewall presence and behavior using probes, TTL/IPID analysis, TCP/UDP tests, and interpretation, while respecting legal boundaries.

Introduction to Ethical Hacking and Network Security
Understand ethical hacking principles, threat modeling, common attack vectors, defensive controls and legal responsibilities to proactively secure networks.

Packet Analysis and Networking for Ethical Hackers
Learn packet structures, capture and analysis tools, TCP/IP behavior, protocol forensics, and traffic-based detection to investigate network attacks.

OSI Model
Understand the seven layers of the OSI model, how data flows through networks, and how each layer supports secure communication.

Getting Started with Wireshark
Learn to capture, filter, and analyze network traffic with Wireshark, essential for troubleshooting, packet analysis, and ethical hacking.

Capturing Live Packets with Wireshark
Capture live network traffic, apply capture filters, inspect packet details and protocols, and perform real-time troubleshooting and analysis.

TCPDump & Tshark
Master command-line packet analysis using TCPDump and Tshark, capture network data efficiently, apply filters, and analyze protocols for security insights.

Network Layer Structures and Operations
Learn how the network layer manages routing, addressing, and packet delivery across interconnected systems for efficient and secure communication.

Advanced Skills with Ethical Hacking and Network Security
Develop offensive and defensive expertise - exploitation, lateral movement, threat emulation, secure architecture review, incident response, and mitigation strategies.

Student Assessment Test
As a beginning, this is the easiest test introducing you to the Certified Ethical Hacking (CEH) questions. The answers are explained, and presented in a lecture-style format, which will help you learn effectively.