Cybersecurity Fundamentals | Session 5 | Ethical Hacking & Vulnerability Assessment

Learn the real-world foundations of ethical hacking and vulnerability assessment—without the fluff. If you’re serious about penetration testing, this session walks you through the exact mindset, methods, and phases professionals use to evaluate security legally and responsibly.
In this lesson, you’ll compare ethical vs. malicious hacking, understand white/grey/black hat roles, and break down attacker goals like confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Then we’ll cover penetration testing types (network, web, wireless, social engineering, cloud), major standards (PTES, OSSTMM, NIST SP 800-115, OWASP WSTG), and the three testing perspectives (black box, white box, grey box). You’ll also learn the five-phase ethical hacking framework and how to build a safe lab with Kali, Metasploitable, Wireshark, and Snort for hands-on practice.Helo