What is CEH v13?

The Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) is EC-Council’s flagship cybersecurity certification, internationally recognized as the benchmark for ethical hacking and offensive security expertise. Designed to teach you how to think like a hacker, CEH equips professionals with the mindset, skills, and tools used by malicious hackers—so they can defend better.

With version 13, CEH integrates cutting-edge concepts like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity, ensuring participants are up to date with today’s and tomorrow’s threats.

Why Choose CEH v13?

• Global Industry Recognition
  CEH is respected and trusted across 140+ countries by governments, militaries, and Fortune 500 companies.
• Comprehensive Knowledge & Practical Skills
  The course includes 20 extensive modules and 221 hands-on labs, covering the entire cyber kill chain.
• AI-Enhanced Ethical Hacking
  CEH v13 introduces AI and machine learning concepts to simulate next-gen cyber threats and defense tactics.
• Real-World Scenario Training
  Access EC-Council’s Cyber Range, simulating enterprise-level attacks in controlled environments.
• Career-Boosting Certification
  Whether you’re aiming to become a penetration tester, red teamer, or security consultant—CEH opens doors.

Program Overview – CEH v13 Modules

1. Introduction to Ethical Hacking
   Learn ethical responsibilities, hacking phases, legal considerations, and hacker types.
2. Footprinting and Reconnaissance
   Techniques in OSINT, Google hacking, active/passive footprinting.
3. Scanning Networks
   Discover live systems, open ports, and vulnerabilities using tools like Nmap.
4. Enumeration
   Extract system details, usernames, shares, and more.
5. Vulnerability Analysis
   Use automated scanners, interpret CVEs, assess risk.
6. System Hacking
   Password cracking, privilege escalation, maintaining access, and clearing tracks.
7. Malware Threats
   Trojans, viruses, worms, fileless malware, detection, and countermeasures.
8. Sniffing
   Packet capturing, MITM, ARP poisoning, defenses.
9. Social Engineering
   Phishing, impersonation, baiting, and pretexting techniques.
10. Denial-of-Service (DoS & DDoS)
    Flooding, amplification, protocol-based attacks.
11. Session Hijacking
    Exploiting session tokens, cookie stealing, TCP hijacking.
12. Evading IDS, Firewalls, and Honeypots
    Techniques to bypass detection and analysis tools.
13. Hacking Web Servers
    Exploiting vulnerabilities in Apache, IIS, Nginx.
14. Hacking Web Applications
    Attacks like XSS, CSRF, SQL injection, command injection.
15. SQL Injection Deep Dive
    Database manipulation, authentication bypass, data exfiltration.
16. Hacking Wireless Networks
    Cracking WPA/WPA2, Evil Twin attacks, rogue APs.
17. Hacking Mobile Platforms
    iOS/Android vulnerabilities, app reverse engineering.
18. IoT and OT Hacking
    Targeting smart devices and critical infrastructures.
19. Cloud Computing and Security
    Misconfigurations, data breaches, cloud-specific risks.
20. Artificial Intelligence in Hacking
    Leveraging AI to automate recon, simulate attacks, and build defense mechanisms.

Hands-On Labs: Learn by Doing

CEH v13 includes 221 immersive labs that replicate real-world scenarios:

• Penetration testing exercises
• Simulated environments with vulnerable machines
• Tool-based labs (Burp Suite, Metasploit, Wireshark, etc.)
• Monthly challenge labs on the EC-Council Cyber Range

Ethical Hacker vs Malicious Hacker

Gamified Learning & Cyber Challenges

• Compete in monthly global cyber challenges
• Track performance on the leaderboard
• Solve CTF-style challenges in live labs
• Earn digital badges and certificates for achievements

Advance to CEH Master

Once you complete the CEH exam, elevate your credentials by taking the CEH Practical, a fully hands-on, proctored exam conducted in a real-world simulated environment. Passing both earns you the prestigious title of CEH Master—demonstrating deep technical mastery.

Career Paths and Salaries

Who Should Take CEH?

• Information Security Professionals
• Network/System Administrators
• Security Officers and Analysts
• Red and Blue Team Members
• IT Auditors
• Students and Tech Enthusiasts
• Military and Law Enforcement

Tools You’ll Master

• Nmap, Metasploit, John the Ripper
• Wireshark, Burp Suite, Nikto
• Aircrack-ng, OpenVAS, Netcat
• 300+ other real-world hacking tools

CEH Exam Details

• Format: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
• Duration: 4 hours
• Number of Questions: 125
• Passing Score: 60% to 85% (varies by exam form)
• Delivery: Pearson VUE or EC-Council exam portal

Training Options

• iLearn – Self-Paced Online Training
  Study at your convenience with pre-recorded content and labs.
• iWeek – Live Online Training
  Interactive sessions with certified EC-Council instructors.
• In-Person Bootcamp
  Join a classroom setting at an EC-Council Accredited Training Center.
• Official Study Materials
  Digital books, workbooks, lab guides, and video lectures.

Get Started with CEH Today

Become a Certified Ethical Hacker and start defending organizations using the same tools and tactics used by the world’s most dangerous cyber attackers—but ethically, legally, and professionally.

You can enroll through an Accredited Training Center (ATC) like SecureValley, or directly on the EC-Council website