1st Module - Introduction to Information Security

1. Basic Penetration Testing &
Ethical Hacking
by Cyber Security Researcher and Ethical-Hacking
Organization
-CSREH-
1st
Module: Introduction to Information
Security
https://www.facebook.com/whatdehack

2. Information Security field(InfoSec)
• What is Penetration testing
• What is Hacking
• What is Difference between Hacking and
Ethical hacking
• Hacker Vs. Cracker
• InfoSec Field
• Career Path
• InfoSec Key Terms

3. What is Penetration testing
• A penetration test, or the short form
pentest, is an attack on a computer
system with the intention of finding
security weaknesses, potentially gaining
access to it, its functionality and data.
• Types of Penetration test-
http://www.pen-tests.com/types-of-
penetration-tests.html

4. What is Hacking?
• In the simple word's
hacking means finding
the loopholes or
vulnerabilities in
computerized system and
exploiting them in the
different-different ways.
More info:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28computer_security%29

5. What is Difference between
Hacking and Ethical Hacking
• In hacking the attacker can exploit the
vulnerabilities in system without having the
legal permission.
• And on the other Hand in the ethical
hacking the Ethical hacker or Penetration
Tester is do the same task as the hacker
do but in Legal Permission or in the
Ethical manner.

6. Hacker Vs. Cracker
• Hacker • Cracker
Good Guys Hacker+Criminal=Cracker

7. InfoSec Field
• Information security, sometimes shortened
to InfoSec, is the practice of defending
information from unauthorized access,
use, disclosure, disruption, modification,
perusal, inspection, recording or
destruction.

8. Carrer Path & Opportunites in
InfoSec

9. Carrer in InfoSec
• Penetration Tester
• Cyber Crime
Investigator
• Network Security
Engineer
• Security Researcher
• And so on....
Refrence
-http://www.sans.org/
20coolestcareers/

10. InfoSec Key Terms
• http://www.sans.org/security-
resources/glossary-of-terms/
• nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2013/NIST.IR.
7298r2.pdf