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Ethical Hacking: Understanding Ethical Hacking
Beginner 2.7 hours English Certificate of Completion
What you'll learn
Define ethical hacking and its scope
Understand the legal and ethical boundaries
Describe the phases of an attack
Think like an attacker to defend systems
Map the CEH exam's core concepts
Prepare for hands-on penetration testing
This course includes
2.7h
On-demand video
Yes
Mobile access
English
Language
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Instructor
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Dale Meredith
Pluralsight instructor
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Taught by Dale Meredith, an EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker instructor and Microsoft Certified Trainer with two decades of security and IT-leadership experience.
Requirements
- Basic IT and networking knowledge helps
Who this course is for
- Aspiring ethical hackers and pentesters
- IT staff moving into security
- CEH certification candidates
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Frequently asked questions
No — it's the foundational first course in the CEH path. You'll need the rest of the series and hands-on practice to be exam-ready.
This one is mostly conceptual — terms, boundaries and mindset. The practical hacking comes in later courses of the path.
No — Pluralsight doesn't issue course-completion certificates. The CEH credential itself comes from EC-Council's separate exam.
About two hours and forty minutes.
A subscription from about $21/month billed annually, with a free trial.