Penetration Testing Training in Dublin, Ireland

This course provides a comprehensive understanding of penetration testing, covering ethical hacking techniques, vulnerability assessments, exploitation, and security best practices. Participants will learn how to identify, exploit, and mitigate security vulnerabilities in networks, applications, and systems through hands-on training with industry-standard tools.

Course Agenda

Introduction to Penetration Testing

• What is penetration testing?

• Legal and ethical considerations

• Penetration testing methodologies (PTES, OSSTMM, OWASP)

Information Gathering and Reconnaissance

• Passive and active information gathering

• OSINT techniques and tools

• Network scanning with Nmap and enumeration methods

Vulnerability Assessment

• Identifying security weaknesses in systems and applications

• Automated and manual vulnerability scanning

• Tools: Nessus, OpenVAS, Nikto

Exploitation and Gaining Access

• Exploiting system and application vulnerabilities

• Using Metasploit Framework for exploitation

• Privilege escalation techniques

Web Application Penetration Testing

• OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities

• SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and CSRF attacks

• Tools: Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP

Wireless and Network Penetration Testing

• Assessing Wi-Fi security

• MITM attacks and packet sniffing

• Tools: Aircrack-ng, Wireshark

Post-Exploitation and Maintaining Access

• Covering tracks and persistence techniques

• Data exfiltration and lateral movement

• Reverse shells and command execution

Reporting and Remediation

• Documenting findings and writing penetration test reports

• Providing risk-based recommendations

• Remediation strategies and security hardening