Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Cert Guide
Your comprehensive guide to mastering ethical hacking and preparing for the CEH v15 exam.
Bestselling authors and security experts Michael Gregg and Omar Santos bring you the most up-to-date and practical preparation guide for the CEH v15 exam. Whether you're preparing to become a Certified Ethical Hacker or looking to deepen your knowledge of cybersecurity threats and defenses, this all-in-one guide delivers the essential content and hands-on practice you need to succeed.
This newly updated edition reflects the latest EC-Council exam objectives and the evolving threat landscape, including cloud, IoT, AI-driven attacks, and modern hacking techniques.
Designed for both exam readiness and long-term career success, this guide features
- Chapter-opening objective lists to focus your study on what matters most
- Key Topic indicators that highlight exam-critical concepts, figures, and tables
- Exam Preparation Tasks that include real-world scenarios, review questions, key term definitions, and hands-on practice
- A complete glossary of ethical hacking terms to reinforce essential vocabulary
Master all CEH v15 topics, including
- Ethical hacking foundations and threat landscape updates
- Footprinting, reconnaissance, and scanning methodologies
- System hacking, enumeration, and privilege escalation
- Social engineering, phishing, and physical security
- Malware analysis and backdoor detection
- Sniffing, session hijacking, and advanced denial-of-service techniques
- Web application, server, and database attacks
- Wireless network vulnerabilities and mobile device security
- IDS/IPS systems, firewalls, and honeypots
- Cryptographic algorithms, attacks, and defenses
- Cloud-based security, IoT threats, and botnet analysis
Whether you're pursuing CEH certification or building real-world skills, this guide will equip you with the up-to-date knowledge and practical insights to detect, prevent, and respond to modern cyber threats.
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Michael Gregg (CISSP, SSCP, CISA, MCSE, MCT, CTT+, A+, N+, Security+, CCNA, CASP, CISA, CISM, CEH, CHFI, and GSEC) directs the cybersecurity operations for a multinational organization that operates facilities worldwide. As the CISO, Michael is responsible for securing the organization's assets on a global scale. Michael is responsible for developing cost-effective and innovative technology solutions for security issues and for evaluating emerging technologies.
He has more than 20 years of experience in the IT field and holds two associate's degrees, a bachelor's degree, and a master's degree. In addition to coauthoring the first, second, and third editions of Security Administrator Street Smarts, Michael has written or coauthored more than 20 other books.
Michael has testified before a U.S. congressional committee, has been quoted in newspapers such as the New York Times, and was featured on various television and radio shows, including NPR, ABC, CBS, Fox News, and others, discussing cybersecurity and ethical hacking. He has created more than a dozen IT security training classes. He has created and performed video instruction on many security topics, such as cybersecurity, CISSP, CISA, Security+, and others.
When not working, speaking at security events, or writing, Michael enjoys 1960s muscle cars and has a slot in his garage for a new project car.
Omar Santos is an active member of the cybersecurity community. His active role helps businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants that are dedicated to increasing the security of their critical infrastructure. Omar is the lead of the DEF CON Red Team Village, the chair of the OASIS Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF), and has been the leader of several working groups in the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI) and the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST).
Omar is the author of more than 20 books and video courses and numerous white papers, articles, and security configuration guidelines and best practices. Omar is a principal engineer of the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), where he mentors and leads engineers and incident managers during the investigation and resolution of security vulnerabilities. Omar has been quoted by numerous media outlets, such as The Register, Wired, ZDNet, ThreatPost, CyberScoop, TechCrunch, Fortune, Ars Technica, and more. Additional information about Omar can be obtained from h4cker.org and omarsantos.io. You can follow Omar on Twitter at @santosomar.