| Description: | The Ethical Hacking Briefing is delivered in assocaition with Rits Information Security. This half-day presentation is designed to give delegates an appreciation of methods of attack on Web and IT infrastructures and how benign attackers can be engaged to test the defences of your system (using the techniques of penetration testing), yielding recommendations for security enhancements at your organisation. The ultimate challenge in assessing your networks security stance is to replicate the techniques used by the hackers! The Ethical Hacking Briefing provides you with the knowledge, technical skills and structured approach to undertake such an assessment. |
| Audience | This Briefing is suitable for Business and IT Managers and Directors who need an insight into the techniques of penetration testing and how they can be deployed by trusted third parties to enhance the security of the organisations IT infrastructure. |
| Objectives | On completion of this Briefing, delegates will:
- Understand the nature of the main outside security threats to the IT and Web infrastructure.
- Be aware of countermeasures to the threats.
- Know why Ethical Hacking is necessary and desirable.
- Understand the importance of system and network hardening.
- Know the terms on which Ethical Hackers can be engaged.
- Know the techniques they will use to try to break into the organisations system.
- Be able to anticipate and implement the Ethical Hackers recommendations. |
