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EC-Council makes their Anti-Phishing Solution, OhPhish, Free for 30 days to Help Protect Teleworkers and Businesses

In light of the pandemic, EC-Council has made its anti-phishing solution, OhPhish, free to the businesses who need it. OhPhish is built to simulate phishing attacks on any workforce. ALBUQUERQUE, NM, March 27, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ — In response to the social distancing initiatives being taken around the world in response to COVID-19, businesses have mobilized their teams to work remotely at time when cybercriminals are taking advantage of the chaos by targeting teleworkers and corporations with phishing scams. While a remote workforce helps with social distancing, organizations are faced with serious cybersecurity risks. Less protective home networks make employees especially vulnerable to phishing scams. It is crucial businesses protect their teleworkers and in light of the pandemic, EC-Council made its anti-phishing solution, OhPhish, free to the businesses who need it. OhPhish is built to simulate phishing attacks on any workforce, including remote ones, while promoting security awareness that empowers teams to be resilient. “The cyber community has an important role to play while the world battles COVID-19. We must ensure organizations can protect their employees from harmful cyber security threats with free access to the anti-phishing platform,” said Jay Bavisi, Group CEO and President of EC-Council. “Businesses can run unlimited entice-to-click simulations and provide security awareness training to all remote workers with free 30-day access to OhPhish. This is just the first step. We will continue tracking COVID-19 as it develops and open access to more core solutions as the situation requires. Cybersecurity is more important than ever, especially now as workforces are suddenly working remote for the first time”, added Jay. “We have a responsibility to ensure the business community continues to thrive remotely, secure in knowing their data remains as safe as ever. We have been taking all possible initiatives to keep them safe, informed, trained and prepared to help protect them as best as we can,” Steve Graham, Senior Vice President of EC-Council, said affirming the company’s commitment. “EC-Council is committed to helping the cybersecurity community remain strong during this time of uncertainty. All of the free benefits we’ve implemented are effective immediately through the end of June 2020,” concluded Jay.
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EC-Council Extends Online Learning Options to their Students Amid the Outbreak of COVID-19

Amid the outbreak of COVID-19, EC-Council introduces flexible online learning solutions to their students, enabling them to pursue cybersecurity training and ensure learning continuity. ALBUQUERQUE, NM, March 24, 2020 /24–7PressRelease/ — Since nearly the beginning of the year, the EC-Council management team has been tracking the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak situation. To manage the potential impact of this disease on its student community, EC-Council is encouraging students to switch to online learning to ensure learning continuity. EC-Council is set to deliver online training via award-winning trainers from their locations around the country. Simultaneously, EC-Council is also encouraging students to utilize their webinar hub to get more information on trending topics. The webinars are presented by industry leaders who share their experience on various cybersecurity issues. “We recognize the cyber community has a very important role to play during this crisis. While we battle the pandemic, we must also do everything within our control to empower others and ensure that organizations do not take cybersecurity lightly, which could lead to threat actors causing more harm. There have already been headlines about healthcare organizations being hit with DDOS attacks and malware, showing that cybercriminals are taking advantage of the chaos and are continuing to exploit vulnerabilities wherever they can. Cybersecurity is more important than ever, especially now when so many workforces are suddenly working remotely for the first time,” says Jay Bavisi, President and CEO of EC-Council. To help with travel restrictions and temporary business closures, EC-Council has extended the life of any exam voucher currently held by students by 90 days at no extra cost. In addition, EC-Council is offering free 30-day subscriptions to its video-based learning source, CodeRed. The platform hosts over 1,500 high quality cybersecurity videos bundled with 25 socially curated cybersecurity courses from over 15 leading global industry experts. Th further assist students, EC-Council is offering a 90-day extension by request to those who have purchased or redeemed iLabs, EC-Council’s online lab environment, access on or after January 1, 2020. EC-Council will continue to track the developments of the COVID-19 situation and will make further arrangements should the situation require it.
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EC-Council Launches CEH Master Hacker Certification in USA to Train Ethical Hackers to Become World-class Security Professionals

TAMPA, Florida, Jan. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — EC-Council, the leading global information security certification body, has recently launched Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Master credential to address the rising demand for performance-based training & certification for ethical hackers. “We are committed to using innovative and new approaches to train cyber experts to prevent cybercrimes and to promote a safer and secure cyber environment. CEH Master uses a new methodology to prepare the students for real-world jobs. It will sharpen the skills of the students who want to address the challenge of preventing cybercrime,” says Mr Jay Bavisi, Founder and CEO of EC-Council Group. This new initiative is in keeping with EC-Council’s commitment to align the curriculum with the demand of the industry. CEH Master prepares the candidate for actual challenges by evaluating their capability against problems from the real-world. This unique approach allows the candidates to hone his/her skills and abilities by working on actual real world challenges. With the next exam, security professionals are required to demonstrate the understanding of attack vectors by performing network scanning to identify live and vulnerable machines in a network, performing operating system banner grabbing, system hacking, steganography, steganalysis attacks, enumeration and even cover tracks. They must also conduct a variety of web server and web application attacks including directory traversal, parameter tampering, XSS, perform SQL injection attacks and different types of cryptography attacks as part of a rigorous 6 hour online and proctored exam. To become a CEH Master, a candidate must successfully pass the CEH exam and demonstrate competency in managing real world hacking challenges via the CEH (Practical) Exam. This demands the prospective ethical hacker to discover and exploit real-time vulnerabilities while auditing the systems set up by EC-Council in the cloud, thus enhancing the challenge and better preparing them for the job. Source: Click here
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EC-Council hosts a Certified Ethical Hacking Bootcamp to Provide State-of-the-art Cyber Security Education for a UK University

The two-day Certified Ethical Hacker course will teach attendees how to test for weaknesses in online security systems that could be exploited by malicious hackers. LONDON, ENGLAND, March 06, 2020 /24–7PressRelease/ — The two-day Certified Ethical Hacker course will teach attendees how to test for weaknesses in online security systems that could be exploited by malicious hackers. The aim is to ensure teachers at schools, colleges, and universities in the UK have the very latest cybersecurity skills and can pass these onto their students. The course is being organized by EC-Council and the cyber security educators’ community organization CISSE UK, in partnership with Northumbria University. It will take place at Northumbria’s award-winning Computer and Information Sciences building this weekend. Northumbria has a strong reputation in the field of cyber security and is an academic partner of the EC-Council, as well as an accredited examination center for the Certified Ethical Hacker exam — an internationally recognized qualification. All final year students on Northumbria’s Computer Networks and Cyber Security BSc (Hons) degree are given the opportunity to undertake the Certified Ethical Hacker exam, receiving a separate qualification from the EC-Council alongside their degree if successful. Dr Neil Eliot is a Senior Lecturer within Northumbria’s Department of Computer and Information Sciences and has coordinated the University’s partnership with CISSE and the EC-Council which led to this weekend’s boot camp event. A certified ethical hacker since 2014, Neil believes giving teachers the latest cyber security skills is essential to ensuring students have the skills needed to stay safe in an increasingly digital world. He said: “So much of our lives are conducted online these days, and while this is often more convenient it also means our personal information is at risk from hackers. “It is vital that we teach young people about the risks of sharing information online, how to spot a potential threat and what to do if they suspect they are being targeted. The best time to do this is while they are studying at school, college, or university, before they enter the world of employment, but this means ensuring their teachers are up to date with the latest cyber security developments.” Philip Blake, EC-Council Regional Director (Europe), said: “EC-Council’s Academia division strongly believes in supporting faculty, students, and Cybersecurity ecosystems across the world. Groups such as CISSE, in partnership with higher education, industry, and government have also been instrumental in influencing Cybersecurity program expansion and development. In addition to supporting CISSE (USA), EC-Council Academia is now pleased to support CISSE UK as they partner with Northumbria University to implement EC-Council’s tactical Cybersecurity program tracks.”
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Network Administrators earn up to a 54% higher salary when they become Certified Ethical Hackers

A recent study by EC-Council, a leading global cybersecurity credentialing body, shows that Ethical Hackers receive a higher salary ($84,497 in the US) than Network Administrators ($58,828 in the U.S). The study goes on to… A recent study shows that Network Administrators could increase their pay by 54% by joining the cybersecurity industry. A recent study by EC-Council, a leading global cybersecurity credentialing body, shows that Ethical Hackers receive a higher salary ($84,497 in the US) than Network Administrators ($58,828 in the U.S). The study goes on to show that Certified Ethical Hackers earn even more, with some earning as much as $106,375. In fact, according to Global Knowledge, CEH is one of the 15 highest-paid IT certifications of 2018. With over 4,000 unfilled ethical hacking jobs currently available in the United States alone, as per LinkedIn Jobs, it is evident that many IT professionals ought to be looking to transition into the ethical hacking industry. Robert Half, a global human resource consulting firm, shows that the salary range for a Systems Administrator ranges between $97,296 — $164,736 in NYC while a Systems Security Administrator gets $135,582 — $228,664. Additionally, With cybercriminals attempting a security breach every 39 seconds, it is no surprise that loss due to cybercrime has skyrocketed. To make matters worse, the cybersecurity industry sees the creation of 300,000 new malware every day. These data breaches are estimated to cost organizations close to $150 million, leading to an annual global loss of $2.1 trillion. “With cybercrime on a serious incline, it is no joke that the industry needs much more than just a handful of skilled cybersecurity professionals. At EC-Council, we are committed to using innovative and new approaches to train cyber experts to prevent cybercrimes and to promote a safer and secure cyber environment,” says Jay Bavisi, Founder and CEO of EC-Council Group.
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CISOs Participate in Cyber Wargames to Hone Ransomware Response Plans with EC-Council

EC-Council, leading global information security certification body, conducted a table-top, cyber wargame among top cybersecurity executives in Tampa, Florida. The sold-out session, “CISO wargame,” included 27 senior executives from the largest managed IT service providers in the United States. The event presented the security experts with a simulated incident where an organization is hit by a ransomware attack. Participants had to work to contain the damage of the attack, which grew more complicated as the 4-hour exercise unfolded. Participants were tasked with deciding whether to pay a ransom and use ransom negotiators as well as to communicate with employees, stockholders, and the media about the breach. The CCISO wargame, conducted by global information security certification body EC-Council as a pre-conference session at PerchyCon 2020, was inspired by the National Defense cybersecurity approaches and tactics. It encouraged participants to develop essential muscle memory to address crises, think fast, act fast, and create a commensurate response. According to the Ninth Annual Cost of Cybercrime Study released earlier in 2019 by Accenture and the Ponemon Institute, cybercrimes are not just on the rise but are also taking more time to resolve and are becoming more expensive for organizations to recover from. The average cost of cybercrime for an organization increased $1.4 million in 2019 over the past year, to $13 million. Despite this, there is a huge dearth of skilled Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) across the world, with LinkedIn alone listing over 70,000 unfilled CISO jobs. With this in mind, EC-Council conducted the wargaming session as a strategic tool to be used by CISOs to help forecast future scenarios holistically and help build a proactive strategy and a better reactive strategy. “Organizations face losses of millions of dollars every year to cybercrimes. No enterprise is infallible, and even with the best security set-up in place, human error can lead to breaches,” says Jay Bavisi, President and CEO of EC-Council Group, “Wargaming can help executives appreciate ways that change not only the risk landscape but also the potential impact of specific risks and response that is needed today.”
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19-Year-Old Hacker from Singapore Leads EC-Council’s Global Ethical Hacker Leaderboard while Interning at a Cyber Security Company

Chelson Chong, a student at Republic Polytechic in Singapore, scored 92% in the recent Certified Ethical Hacker (Practical) Challenge, which is the highest score attained by anyone in the world so far. The CEH Challenge is… Hacker from Singapore scores 92% in a grueling, 6-hour, hands-on, fully proctored ethical hacker challenge, beating candidates from the US, Russia, and a dozen other countries to top the global Ethical Hacker Leaderboard and earn the title Certified Ethical Hacker (Master). Chelson Chong, a student at Republic Polytechic in Singapore, scored 92% in the recent Certified Ethical Hacker (Practical) Challenge, which is the highest score attained by anyone in the world so far. The CEH Challenge is a 6-hour, cloud-based hacking challenge meant to test the hands-on capability of ethical hackers all over the world. EC-Council, a leading global information security certification body, is a pioneer in the ethical hacking certification space has been credited with transforming ethical hacking into a mainstream security practice via its globally accepted Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification. CEH is trusted by 7 of the Fortune 10, 47 of the Fortune 100, the US Department of Defense, intelligence community, NATO, and over 2,000 of the best universities, colleges, and training institutes across the world as the world’s authority in ethical hacking. The CEH Leaderboard is an initiative by EC-Council to ensure that ethical hackers who have earned the standard CEH credential can demonstrate their abilities via hands-on test of their skills in the fully proctored six-hour-long practical exam. Those who succeed have the pride of identifying themselves as a Certified Ethical Hacker Master. “CEH Master is a step-ahead credential of the world-famous CEH course and it defines a superior level of ethical hacking skill, “If you learned it, and claim to know it, then you should prove it,” said Jay Bavisi, President and Founder of the EC-Council Group. The Certified Ethical Hacker Leaderboard showcases the ten best scores earned in the exam, honoring those who have truly demonstrated their mastery of the subject.
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How to choose the best ethical hacking course?

Many of us have a general idea of which field we want to pursue as a career. However, choosing the best course that can bring excellent job prospects is challenging. If you are reading this, it is clear what you are seeking – a bright future in ethical hacking. The only thing left is to select the best ethical hacking course. It would be best if you considered certain factors before opting for a course. For that, your individual preferences matter a lot while making the decision. This blog will help you make the right choice by giving you specific tips on what to look for before joining any ethical hacking course. Top 5 tips for choosing the right ethical hacking course Keep these points in mind while you make a choice. 1. Note down your interests You must be curious about several topics of ethical hacking, such as different phases of ethical hacking, network sniffing, social engineering, IoT hacking, cryptography, or others. You need a course that serves all your queries well. Make a list of all the topics you are interested in and look for these in an ethical hacking training program. Check out the syllabus carefully, ensuring that it covers all the industry-demanded topics.
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