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Hey, I'm going to become a hacker.
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I'm going from a noob to hacker and I'm documenting that process in this series.
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This is actually video number one.
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You need to learn, learn, learn hacking.
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but how am I going to do it well
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I'm going to start with the most popular IT certification for hacking the CEH
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or the certified ethical hacker ethical hacker what is that we'll cover
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that here in a moment within this video series
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I'm going to document my entire process the first one being
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will this CEH certification actually make me a hacker we'll see will it get me a job
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I don't know we'll walk through that
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and I'll show you everything like how I approached the study
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process what am I gonna be using how long will it
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take me how will I lab what will I do
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when I feel stupid burnt out
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and I can't do it anymore well I'll show you that too
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and a huge shout out to IT pro TV who's sponsoring
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this part of my journey I'm actually using their CH version 10 training is my primary learning source
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so if you want to check them out
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and see what else they have
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which is pretty much everything in the IT training world I got a link below and a code network
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Chuck you'll get 30 % off everything forever.
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So check it out.
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And throughout this process, I'll teach you what I'm learning, but just the fun stuff, not the boring stuff.
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Let's be honest.
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Every IT certification has boring stuff.
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So I'll do my best to bring out the practical hacking knowledge
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that I'm gaining from the CEH study and just kind of consider this as, you know, cliff notes for hacking.
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Should be fun, but hold up a second.
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Why am I becoming a hacker?
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Shoot, what is a hacker?
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And what's this whole ethical hacking thing?
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In this video, we'll talk about that as well as everything else to do with the CEH, what it costs, how I'm approaching it.
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Um, is it for you?
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What kind of jobs can you get with this?
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We'll talk about all that, but first hacking, what is it?
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I don't have to explain hacking to most of you.
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You know what it is.
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You've probably been a victim of hacking.
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You've had your identity stolen.
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Your company has had malware.
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Uh, your computer's had malware.
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You hear about things in the news, data breaches, all kinds of stuff.
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Hackers are everywhere and you know what they are, but they're not just this.
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They're not just bad guys who are trying to break down the government or trying to kidnap you through the dark web.
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Like they're not just that.
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There are bad actors.
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There are bad hackers out there, but there are good ones too.
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The bad hackers are called black hat hackers.
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The good hackers are called white hat hackers and are typically referred to as ethical hackers.
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Now, as far as what they do, they have the same skill sets.
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They have the skill set through a variety of technical skills to break into your network, to break into your computer,
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to steal your data, to plant viruses, and they can have different skill sets.
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They're not all the same.
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You can have someone very strong in networking, someone very strong in systems or maybe a developer, a programmer.
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But what's the same is they use those skills to break into your stuff.
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But you might be wondering, well, if they have the same skill set, then what's the difference?
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The difference is permission.
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White hat hackers or ethical hackers have it.
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Black hat does not have it.
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Same skill set, same goals.
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Just one is allowed to and one isn't.
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But why in the world would a company let a hacker hack into their network?
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That doesn't make any sense.
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Well, let me kick a scenario to you real quick.
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Let's say I start a company, a coffee company the best coffee company in the world
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I've got web apps I've got servers I've got a network I've got all kinds of stuff
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and I put in the best security in the world I've got firewalls on firewalls all Cisco
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that new secure X thing they're talking about everything no one can break it do I actually know
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that I mean I can sit around
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and wait for a hacker to try to get in
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and then see that happen and go yes they couldn't get in
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or maybe they do get in
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and I never know about it you see I'll never know how truly secure my network is
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or how secure my web application is or whatever I'm using I'll never know unless I have someone test it.
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And that's where an ethical hacker comes in.
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It's a hacker that I'll hire and say, Hey, Mr. Hacker, can you come and try to break my network, please?
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I think it's pretty good.
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I don't think you can do it, but I want you to try and let me know if you can.
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And they'll do it.
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They'll go in, they'll try to break in.
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And if they do break in, they're not going to steal your data.
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They're not going to sell it on the dark web.
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They're not going to take all your money.
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What they'll do is I'll type up a nice, pretty report and say, here, you might want to fix this.
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You might want to fix these holes.
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I was able to get through these vulnerabilities that I was able to exploit.
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And you'll pay them for that service.
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They're often called penetration testers or pen testers.
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And you'll pay for a pen test.
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It's a very common thing in IT.
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Moral of the story, be a white hat hacker.
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Do not be a black hat hacker.
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You get to have as much fun as the black hat hackers without going to jail.
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It's perfect.
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Win, win, win.
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Now there is a middle ground, another kind of hacker.
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It's called a gray hat hacker.
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As you might expect, this is kind of a gray area.
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I mean, not really when you think about it, but essentially they're like a black hat hacker in that they will hack without permission.
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They'll break into your company without your explicit permission, but they don't have malicious intent.
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And that's the main difference.
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And maybe like you, when you're learning how to hack, you just want to test out your hacking skills.
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So you go and try and hack a company without permission.
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You don't have malicious intent, but it's still illegal.
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So don't do that.
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There are also great hat hackers who will hack into a company.
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They won't steal data, but they'll let the company know, Hey, I found some vulnerabilities.
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money please pay me so while they don't have malicious intent it's not exactly legal
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and you shouldn't exactly do that now there's one type of hacker
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that regardless how you feel about ethics is looked down upon
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you should never be this type of hacker script kitties these are basically not hackers
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they are a form of hackers officially
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but they're not hackers what they'll do is they'll use legit hacking tools without understanding how they work
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so you might download kali linux as a noob without knowing anything.
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I'm guilty of that.
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So I've been a script kitty.
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You'll download the tool and use it without knowing what it's doing.
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You don't understand networking.
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You don't understand systems.
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You don't understand the security vulnerabilities you're exploiting.
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You're just clicking a button.
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Don't be that guy.
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Don't be that girl.
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Don't be a script kitty.
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Understand what you're doing.
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Understand the technology.
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That's the fun part.
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That's the fun part is learning how it works.
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Oh, so fun.
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So don't, don't be that.
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Join me in my journey and becoming a hacker and actually understanding what you're doing.
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So come on, let's go.
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Now, there are other types of hackers with different motivations.
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You have like hacktivist.
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These are people who like black hat hackers, hack without permission, but they have different intentions.
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Like they may want to overthrow governments or overthrow companies that have bad morals in their opinion.
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You might be familiar with one of those groups, anonymous.
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They're kind of like vigilantes, like Batman.
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Like they're heroes.
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They're doing good things, but they're not legal.
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Like if they they got caught, they would go to jail, but we often root for them.
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Then you also have terrorists who legit use their skills like any other terrorist would.
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You might have state -sponsored hackers,
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meaning they might work for a government and they are using their skills to overthrow other governments or infiltrate other governments, to spy on other governments.
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So it's all about your motivation.
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Why are you doing it?
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And I can only condone one, one particular type of hacking.
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That's white hat hacking, ethical hacking.
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It's what I'm becoming it's what you should become avoid the rest all right
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now let's talk about the ceh the certified ethical hacker certification
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it's put on by the ec council that's who runs this thing
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and um it seems to be an intense certification
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i love their tagline to beat a hacker you must think like a hacker corny
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but i like it now one of the reasons
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that the ceh is so popular is that it's dod 8570
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and the new one 8124 compliant what does that mean it means
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if you want to work for the government in cybersecurity or be a contractor in cybersecurity for the government,
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you have to meet that DOD 8570 standard.
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And the CEH is one of the certifications that will allow you to meet that standard.
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So you get the certification, you're good.
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But beyond that, I've got a huge beef with the CEH.
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And that's the barrier to entry.
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Not just anyone can walk in off the street and take this exam.
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Before they'll even take your money and allow you to take the exam, you have to have at least two years of IT security experience.
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And you have to verify that.
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Like you have to actually apply for it.
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You have to prove that you've worked in it security for two years
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and you have to submit an application that costs a hundred bucks, non -refundable and doesn't go towards any other cost.
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Just a hundred bucks.
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You don't get it back.
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And if you're not qualified, then that was it.
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It's crazy.
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Now there is another option option two, you can pay for their course, which at the time of this video is around $850,
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which I know ain't cheap.
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Uh, and as long as you verify that you've gone through the courseware, whether it's in person online,
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self -paced, They'll allow you then to pay for the exam.
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But boy, that exam is expensive.
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My second beef with this exam.
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While other certifications maybe will go for around $350, $400.
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I mean, IT certification exams aren't cheap, but this one makes it a bit laughable.
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If you want to go through Pearson VUE, it costs $1 ,199.
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That's $1 ,199 for the exam.
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No training material.
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Now, you can schedule it through them, through the EC Council, and it's actually only 950 only 950
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but wow that's expensive
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so i really hope i pass the first time i hope you pass the first time
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or your company's paying for it either way it's crazy right
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but even with that price tag it's still one of the most popular hacking certifications out there
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which is why i felt i needed to go down this path and at least explore this particular certification
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see
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if it actually does make me a hacker does it give me the skills
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i need to maybe apply for a job and i'll actually get it
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or will i actually have the hacking skills to do hacking like let's find
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that out now i didn't make this very clear but it's an
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or situation or have it experience or pay for their course
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and then pay for the exam pearson view
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or through the ec council now real quick there are two ceh certifications
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which makes things a little bit confusing
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but there is another one called the ceh practical
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and actually here's a great chart um apparently you're supposed to take the C and D first, the certified network defender.
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I'm going to skip that.
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I know networking.
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What we've been talking about so far is the C E H the base, and it's actually referred to as the C H ANSI.
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And the main difference between the practical is that this is more, more theory, more of why are we hacking?
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How are we hacking?
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How does it work?
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And there's practical stuff involved.
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Like when you take the exam, there will be scenarios, practical scenarios, but in the practical exam itself, is as you would expect, much more practical.
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You basically get 20 scenarios where it's real hacking.
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They give you a situation where you have to hack and demonstrate your skills.
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The prerequisite for this exam is that you have the CEH ANSI.
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If you don't have that, then you are not taking that exam.
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No, that's all I'm gonna say about that one.
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I might go for it, I might not, I don't know.
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We'll cross that bridge when we get there.
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But let's get back to the CEH, which is now at version 10.
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Now real quick, let's answer the question, are you ready for the CEH?
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Meaning, do you have enough experience? because they want you to have two years of IT security experience before even attempting it.
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That assumes that you have some knowledge before you attempt it.
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But what do you really need to know?
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Well, ITProTV covers that pretty well.
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And who is CEHB10 targeted towards?
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CEH is targeted toward the person who's been in the business a little while.
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They've probably worked as an administrator in some way, shape or form, either in systems or networks or both,
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maybe done a little bit of DevOps kind of thing,
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but you do need to have a foundational knowledge of networks and systems ranging from Microsoft through Linux,
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Apple, mobile platforms as well.
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You don't want to come in this cold turkey.
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People have done it, but they don't really recommend that
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because of how much knowledge they assume that you'll have going into this exam.
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But I'll sum it up here.
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You'll want networking.
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You want basic security knowledge, basic sysadmin knowledge.
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This includes both
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Linux and Windows, and then even scripting and programming.
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Now, do you have to be an expert in all these things before you can even attempt a CEH?
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No. Now, I would say if you got the A +, network plus, maybe CCNA, you dabbled in Python,
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you messed with Linux, you're probably going to be okay.
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But just know, if you come in cold without any previous IT experience, you might have a rough time.
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You might have situations where you're studying and you have to go, Okay, time to put this down.
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I need to go study some networking real quick because I don't know what they're talking about.
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So I wouldn't consider this an entry -level certification, more intermediate, assuming that you have some previous IT experience.
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All right, now for the fun stuff.
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How am I going to study for this?
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What am I using?
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What's my approach?
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Let's cover that.
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Let's start with the tools first.
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If you've watched my channel before, you know I always say you need a great video series,
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a great book, and a great lab to tackle anything in IT.
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Trust me, it works.
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For video, I'm using ITProTV and their CEH version 10 training.
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I've got it open right here.
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So far, been fantastic.
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And they cover everything you need to know for the CEH.
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And by the way, they cover all other courses as well.
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So check them out.
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Link below.
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For the book, I'm using, well, it's a CEH book.
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And it's got a long title.
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So I'm just going to put CEH book here.
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But I'll show you real quick.
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And I got a link below for this.
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The CEH Certified Ethical Hacker All -in -One Exam Guide, 4th edition.
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I'm using this.
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You can buy it on Amazon.
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Got a link below.
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Or you can do what I do.
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And I use O 'Reilly, which is a subscription service that gives you access to every IT book under the sun, which is fantastic.
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I've got affiliate links below.
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Affiliate, what does that mean?
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It means that it doesn't cost you anything extra, but if you use my link,
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it does give me a small little kickback and help support this channel.
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Anyways, now for the lab, the most important part of any IT certification, what am I using?
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I will also be using ITProTV.
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They do have fantastic labs.
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Let me show you real quick.
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Here at my dashboard, I can jump on over to virtual labs and they have labs for everything, as you can see.
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But then here we have CEH, which is what I want to see.
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And Ethical Hacker version 10 labs.
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And look at all these beautiful labs.
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So let's say, for example, I wanted to jump in and do the footprinting and reconnaissance lab.
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I'll launch my lab module.
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I'll give you a feel for what it kind of looks like.
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And just within a few seconds, I've got this entire lab I can play with like that.
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I've got a Windows domain controller.
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I've got a Windows 7 machine, another Windows server joined to that domain controller, another
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Windows 7 machine.
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And then I even have a Linux machine, which I believe is running Kali Linux.
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And anytime you want, you just launch these labs and you have access to all these machines and you can play around.
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Sure, you can build your own lab.
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That's great.
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I encourage you to do that.
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But I love situations where they remove all barriers to you learning.
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It's easy to let a simple issue as building a lab get in the way of learning.
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If you can just launch something and be off to the races straight to learning, do that.
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And I'll launch the Kali Linux server real quick to show you what it looks like.
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It's the PLAB Kserver 01.
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Let's do that.
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Power on.
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And bam, just like that, I've got Kali Linux.
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No sweat.
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And they give you a lab to walk through, which is really cool.
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And then for bonus, if you have access to something like a practice exam,
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that's always good to have to test where you are and how well you're doing with the study material.
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I will be using one.
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And as you might expect, it's going to be through, any guesses, ITProTV because they do have Kaplan practice exams built I'll show you real quick.
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If I were to jump into my course here, launch practice test.
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Bam, that easy.
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In fact, while we're here, let's do a quick exam test.
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Let's see what you got.
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Which preliminary activity differentiates a penetration test performed by a white hat hacker and a gray hat hacker?
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Put your answer below.
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So you know what I'm using now.
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What's my plan?
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How do I plan to tackle the sucker?
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I plan to complete this within 12 weeks at the most 15 weeks.
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And I'll be making a video showing only the fun stuff every week.
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Real quick, let's look at the exam objectives to.. show you what's coming up.
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If I go to a course outline on the CEH, which aligns to the exam, we got 20 modules basically.
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And I plan to try and tackle two modules each week, which normally would amount to,
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you know, 10 weeks, but I fully understand that some modules might be huge.
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Like system hacking could be massive.
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Evading IDS firewalls and honeypots could be huge.
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Hacking web applications.
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So I'm giving myself enough time, but I'm super excited for pretty much all of these,
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especially cloud computing stuff and hacking and wireless is always fun.
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Let me know below what you're most excited to see.
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I'm curious.
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All right, so these are my tools.
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This is my plan, and I'll document the entire process.
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Everything from how I take my notes to the flashcards I use, which will be Anki, spaced repetition,
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and I'll be using my good old Pomodoro method for my study sessions.
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Now, the last thing I want to cover real quick is jobs.
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What about jobs?
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Are there security jobs, pen testing jobs, looking for people that have the CEH certification?
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Let's go take a look.
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Let's hop on Indeed .com real quick.
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I'll search in Dallas, Texas, and I'll just search for CEH to see what comes up.
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And bam, we've got 51 jobs, all looking for people that have the CEH certification.
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Got some forensic stuff for the government, information security specialist, associate cybersecurity devsec ops engineer.
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That one sounds really cool.
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Let's look at that one real quick.
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Very DevOps heavy.
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Devsec ops, it's such a cool name, right?
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Because you know it's going to be automation and it seems to be cloud focused as well.
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It'll be the technical liaison between the enterprise security architect and the engineering teams.
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What are the requirements?
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They want a bachelor's degree, but you know, everyone does.
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I wouldn't focus too much on that.
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Zero to two years experience in security or just IT in general, not too shabby.
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And then they want you to have AWS and or Azure experience, especially implementing security controls, man, what a cool, what a cool job.
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Oh my gosh.
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And of course they want you to have any one of these certifications down here.
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Some of these I'm going to be going for like the OSCP and then here's CH and then, oh, look, GPEN, CISSP.
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And that's cool.
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I mean, these are jobs that, you know, aren't necessarily pen testing jobs, not really a job that'll hire you to hack somebody.
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This is a job where you have hacking knowledge and you're helping the company stay secure.
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You're implementing policies that have to do with the cloud and automation and DevOps.
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How fun is that?
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Oh my gosh.
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So, Hey, do you want to join me?
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Do you want to either just watch me become a hacker
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or maybe you want to come along and try to become a hacker as well?
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I think that last job thing we just saw demonstrates that,
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you know, learning hacking doesn't mean you're going to become a hacker maybe just means that you help companies stay secure.
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It might just be an asset to whatever job role you're in, whether you're a network engineer, a systems admin or whatever.
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That's really cool.
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So if you wanna join me, hit that subscribe button, hit that like button, hit that notification bell.
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And if you wanna get started in IT or excel your career, check out ITProTV below.
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Again, they're sponsoring my journey.
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They're sponsoring this video as well as this whole series.
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So huge shout out to them.
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You get 30 % off with my link below or the code NetworkChuck.
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Ooh, that's all I got.
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Yeah, that's it.
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I'll catch you guys later.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “you need to learn HACKING RIGHT NOW!! // CEH”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hacker, ceh, hacking, exam, certification. This video has 378 sentences and 3924 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:59. The speaker talks fast, about 218 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| hacker noun | /hækəɹ/ | Someone who hacks. |
| examination noun | /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ | The act of examining. |
| certification noun | /ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ | The act of certifying. |
| ethical adjective | /ˈɛθɪkəl/ | Of or relating to the study of ethics. |
| linux noun | Any unix-like operating system that uses the Linux kernel. | |
| practical adjective | /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/ | Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis. |
| lab noun | /læːb/ | A Labrador retriever. |
| skill noun | /skɪl/ | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| script noun | /skɹɪpt/ | A writing; a written document. |
| scenario noun | /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/ | An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events. |
| sponsor noun | /ˈspɒn.səː/ | A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or… |
| module noun | /ˈmɑd͡ʒul/ | A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components. |
| cloud noun | /ˈklaʊ̯d/ | A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. |
| server noun | /ˈsɝvɚ/ | A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
| walk through verb | To explain (something) to (someone), step by step. |
| break down verb | To stop functioning. |
| bring out verb | To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality). |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| come along verb | To accompany. |
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why am I becoming a hacker?
- What kind of jobs can you get with this?
- We'll talk about all that, but first hacking, what is it?
- Why are you doing it?
- Meaning, do you have enough experience?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | You've probably been · You've had · has had |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | guys who are · people who like · CEH, which is |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are called · is allowed · is looked |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 165 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: ethical /ˈɛθɪkəl/, overthrow /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/, ethics /ˈɛθ.ɪks/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, certification /ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, malicious /məˈlɪʃəs/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, shout /ʃaʊt/
- Long words — get the stress right: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, certification /ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, vulnerability /ˌvʌln(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪti/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, affiliate /əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like hacker, examination, certification.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.