IIT Kanpur, Simplilearn to Provide Ethical Tracking and Penetration Testing Course

New Delhi: IIT Kanpur and Simplilearn have partnered to offer a Professional certificate programme in Ethical Tracking and Penetration Testing. This curriculum allows participants to obtain the necessary skill set for analysing system security via vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and ethical hacking.

The programme will include masterclasses from IIT Kanpur faculty, hands-on exposure with a capstone on industry-specific utilisation, 8x greater interaction in live online classes by industry professionals, skill building to become job-ready, uninterrupted access to unified labs on Simplilearn's LMS, and enrollment in Simplilearn's JobAssist.

In addition, Students will be capable of learning vital abilities via training in real-world scenarios. To be eligible for this programme, applicants must possess a bachelor's degree in a comparable discipline as well as a basic understanding of cybersecurity and programming.

The curriculum will address ethical hacking, cryptography ideas, network security, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, reconnaissance, online application risks, payload generation, exploiting and having access, and privacy concepts. In addition, it will cover tools like Burpsuite, Google Dork, MX Toolbox, Robtex, Nmap, etc.

Anand Narayanan, Chief Product Officer at Simplilearn, commented on the programme, stating, "Thanks to the Thorough Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT), IT/security teams are able to evaluate security weaknesses and businesses can better plan the safety of their facilities by utilising red-blue team exercises.”

He continued, “IT organisations are increasingly placing a premium on these skills. Consequently, ethical hacking, Vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing are increasingly prominent job paths for many persons seeking to establish themselves in the sector.”

He also said, “In order to produce this Professional Certificate Program in Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing, we are pleased to have partnered with IIT Kanpur, among the most respected universities in the country. We are confident that students will profit from the knowledge of the teachers and the skill-specific curriculum that has been developed."

To be eligible for this programme, applicants must possess a bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline as well as fundamental cybersecurity and programming skills. Students are requested to visit the IIT Kanpur's official website, iitk.ac.in for additional information.