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Ethical Hacker

Master ethical hacking and penetration testing skills to advance your cybersecurity career. Learn reconnaissance, OSINT, password attacks, and vulnerability management through hands-on projects guided by expert instructors.

  • Nanodegree Program
  • Advanced
  • 37 hours
  • 4.2 (24)
  • Updated: Oct 8, 2025

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  • Unlimited access to hundreds of top-rated courses
  • Hands-on projects with expert feedback
  • Personalized career coaching and interview prep
  • Program Certificates

Skills you'll learn

66 skills

  • Report writing
  • Cybersecurity reconnaissance
  • Open-source intelligence
  • Owasp wstg
  • Digital footprint removal

Prerequisites

7 prerequisites

Prior to enrolling, you should have the following knowledge:

  • Network security fundamentals
  • Command line interface basics
  • Computer networking basics
  • Client-server model
  • Basic Linux

You will also need to be able to communicate fluently and professionally in written and spoken English.

Program Outline

  • 4 courses
  • 17 lessons
  • 2 projects

Program Instructors

2 instructors

Unlike typical professors, our instructors come from Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies and have demonstrated leadership and expertise in their professions:

Paul Oyelakin

Founder of PJ Pros

Sagar Bansal

Chairman at Bansal X

Paul Oyelakin

Founder of PJ Pros

Sagar Bansal

Chairman at Bansal X

Reviews

Average Rating: 4.2 (24 Reviews)

The Ethical Hacker course was well structured, practical, and easy to follow. The labs felt realistic and reinforced the concepts instead of just repeating theory. Explanations were clear, and the progression from fundamentals to more advanced topics made sense. I walked away with skills I can actually apply, not just surface knowledge. Solid value for anyone serious about learning ethical hacking.

Chandra Kiran Reddy Sura

Jan 24, 2026

The projects is messy and there are some requirements that have been asked after submission. some projects hints URLs not working

Mohammed A

Nov 10, 2023

Amazing

Reema M.

Jan 31, 2023

It has been much harder than I expected. Although it can be mentally draining at times, nothing good comes out of easiness. I just think that the fact that the program is 2-3 years old, it seems like the Kali linux version might be out of date and some of the tools used during the course might not play well with an outdated version of Kali and so forth. Overall, no major issues and I've learned a whole lot!

Francis H.

Aug 17, 2022

The class is good but the project was very sloppily put together.

Sabrina P.

May 2, 2022

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