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Cybersecurity · Intermediate

Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing

Learn authorised security testing through scoped labs, evidence gathering and professional reporting. Built around guided practice, live feedback and an employer-style capstone, this program helps you turn new knowledge into work you can explain and demonstrate.

✓ Live expert sessions✓ Employer-style projects✓ 5-year access
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12 weeksProgram duration
72 hoursGuided learning
7Applied projects
4.8Learner rating

Why choose this course?

Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing is designed for learners who want to move beyond passive tutorials and become confident applying learn authorised security testing through scoped labs, evidence gathering and professional reporting in realistic workplace situations.

How this helps your career

The projects and interview-ready talking points are aligned to SOC, security engineering, cloud security and GRC roles. You will practise explaining decisions, documenting work and presenting outcomes—the skills hiring teams look for beyond tool knowledge.

Career relevance

SOCsecurity engineeringcloud security and GRC

A curriculum built around the job

Upskillment's job-oriented curriculum follows a learn, practise, build and present model. Each stage introduces a workplace problem, guided lab, independent task and portfolio evidence so theory is repeatedly converted into demonstrable capability.

What you will learn

01

Foundations and professional workflow for Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing

Live explanation, guided practice, a realistic workplace scenario and evidence you can add to your project story.

02

Core tools: Kali Linux and Burp Suite

Live explanation, guided practice, a realistic workplace scenario and evidence you can add to your project story.

03

Applied workflows with Nmap

Live explanation, guided practice, a realistic workplace scenario and evidence you can add to your project story.

04

Real-world scenarios using OWASP

Live explanation, guided practice, a realistic workplace scenario and evidence you can add to your project story.

05

Quality, security, troubleshooting and professional standards

Live explanation, guided practice, a realistic workplace scenario and evidence you can add to your project story.

06

Capstone: employer-style cybersecurity project and presentation

Live explanation, guided practice, a realistic workplace scenario and evidence you can add to your project story.

LEARNER STORY
The assignments felt close to the work I actually face. I finally had examples I could discuss confidently in interviews.
Maya R.Business Analyst, Toronto

Certificate & completion

Earn an Upskillment Certificate of Completion after meeting attendance, project and assessment requirements. Your capstone is manually reviewed so completion reflects genuine participation.