10 Benefits of Becoming a Certified

Ethical Hacker (C|EH)

The Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) credentialing and training program provided by
EC-Council is a respected and trusted ethical hacking program in the industry. [1]
The credentialing program is also used as a hiring standard for Fortune 500
organizations, cybersecurity practices, and governments.

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Why C|EH Tops the Charts Year After Year
Though the IT industry continues to improve after a tough recession, professionals at various levels
are still facing challenges, some new and some hidden. At the same time, career development has
become a synonym to new opportunities in other industries. Will this inspire techies to shift to new
prosperous roles, and if yes, why should they do it? This whitepaper will serve as advice to all those IT
professionals who are seeking a change and wondering what’s next.

1. Accredited by ANSI
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a certification body who uses international standards
to assure that your certification meets a preset benchmark. The process is rigorous and time-
consuming and its purpose is to provide third-party verification that the certification program meets
the highest of standards.

Since the inception of Certified Ethical Hacker in the year 2003, the credential has become one of
the best options for professionals across the world. The C|EH exam is ANSI 17024 compliant adding
value and credibility to credential members. Today you can find Certified Ethical Hacker credential
professionals working with some of the finest and largest companies across industries such as
healthcare, financial, government, energy, and much more.

2. Recognized by DoD 8570 and GCT

Certified Ethical Hacking is a respected certification in the industry and has received the GCHQ
Certified Training (GCT) accreditation in the UK, and it is recognized certification for the Department
of Defense’s (DoD) computer network defense Service Providers (CND-SP’s) in the US. C|EH is also
listed as the baseline certification in the US Department of Defence (DoD) Directive 8570.

Many intelligence agencies such as the FBI, the Pentagon, the US Army, and Fortune 500 companies
prefer the Certified Ethical Hacker credentialing program to enhance the knowledge and hone skills
of their security personnel.

3. Global Recognition
Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) credential is globally recognized by companies and organizations
such as Deloitte, IBM, EY, United States Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs and
much more.

Let us see what cybersecurity experts from around the world have to say about their C|EH experience:

Forrest Berry, IT Security Engineer at Coupa Software

I have recently completed my certification in EC-Council’s Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH). The
courseware and training material was excellent, from both a study and a lightweight field manual
perspective. It really provided a good sense of directional thinking patterns about attack analysis,
open framework pieces of hacking, scanning, and recon phase steps.

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The best part of the training for me was the focus on penetration testing, techniques, and tools used
to understand how to blend machine vulnerabilities with human design to understand the decision
vectors. [2]

Daryl James, Cyber Security Engineer at Imperial IT

As someone with current cybersecurity experience, I took a program from EC-Council (Certified
Ethical Hacker) to broaden my knowledge in the field of countermeasures. I am extremely happy with
my decision to do so as the courseware and training material were very accessible and informative,
covering the topic well. The courseware was filled with interesting challenges that helped me gain
knowledge and experience at the same time.

Despite this being a very volatile sector where attack vectors change on a regular basis, the C|EH
course manages to place a person on the same page, enabling them with the skills required to
handle the new volatile sectors. [3]

Angelo Dantes, Sr. System Administrator at Palace Private Office

Becoming a Certified Ethical Hacker is a must, especially when you are in the information security
industry. The training program course material is quite extensive and very informative.
I would never imagine being able to learn so much in such a short span. I loved the fact that I was also
able to practice my skills through the practical labs provided at the end of every module! [4]

4. Maps to the NICE 2.0 Framework

The NICE Framework encompasses the detailed combination of cybersecurity works which covers
precise skills, abilities, and knowledge required to perform certain tasks in the job role. By mapping
the program with NICE 2.0 Framework’s Protect and Defend specialty area, EC-Council assures that
the Certified Ethical Hacking (C|EH) credential and training program is directly mapped to a wide
variety of job roles in today’s market.

5. Hands-On
40 percent of the C|EH class is dedicated to developing the practical skills through EC-Council’s
virtual labs - iLabs. This provides students the hands-on experience on the latest hacking tools,
methodologies techniques, tricks, etc. C|EH credential comes integrated with access to iLabs to
emphasize the learning objectives. It also provides around 2285 of the latest tools to work with and a
large array of operating systems such as Android, Ubuntu Linux, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012
and 2016, Kali Linux 2017.2, etc.

6. Extensive Courseware
Certified Ethical Hacking consists of 20 distinct modules such as sniffing, cryptography, enumeration,
Malware threats, social engineering, and much more. In the C|EH training program individuals will
be able to work with approximately 2285 different tools and 340 attack techniques which are used by
hackers and information security professionals.

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7. Modules Covering the Latest in the Industry
Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) comes with an entire module dedicated to vulnerability analysis. This
module teaches security professionals to perform vulnerability analysis in order to identify security
weak spots in the target company’s end systems, network, and communication systems. This module
covers the entire vulnerability management lifecycle and tools used to perform the vulnerability
assessment.

8. A Complete Malware Analysis Program

Through the Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) program you will have the opportunity to learn how to
work on reverse engineering malware to determine the source, potential impact, and functionality
of a malware. By performing a malware analysis, the specific information regarding the malware can
be extracted, analyzed and this is a crucial skill of an ethical hacker.

9. Coverage of the Latest Malware and Ethical Hacking Tools

The Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) credential is updated to match today’s cybersecurity trends by
including the latest ransomware, financial malware, banking threats, IoT botnets, Android malware
and much more. The Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) credential and training program includes a
library of hacking tools which are required by penetration testers and security practitioners to find or
uncover various vulnerabilities across different operating platforms. Thus, providing a wider option to
enhance your knowledge and hone your skills in this developing ethical hacking domain.

10. Remunerative Role

According to the IT Salary Report by Global Knowledge and TechRepublic, C|EH was slotted as the
highest salary hike. The average payout to a Certified Ethical Hacker is $89,000 per annum when
compared with other professions within the IT industry with payouts close to that of CEH professionals
such as System Analysis ($85,234); Servers and Storage ($83,284), Networking ($75,667), etc. Certified
Ethical Hacker positions are very challenging, interesting, and remunerative. [5]

For more information, visit

https://www.eccouncil.org/programs/certified-ethical-hacker-ceh/

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