While having a strong background in computing can be a major plus for someone interested in becoming a security consultant or ethical hacker there is actually a lot more to the career. Technical writing, verbal communication skills, time management, organisation and planning are also critical skills. In this course will introduce you to all of these topics and help you assess if you have the overall aptitude to become and ethical hacker.
If you create your own learning path to study ethical hacking then you may find you have to thumb through dozens of sources to find the information you need.
It sounds simple! you pick up a book and thumb through it! then you watch a few YouTube videos of someone completing a Capture the Flag exercise, then you read a few blog posts! The reality is when learning something new you need to spend a lot of time understanding the lay of the land, determining what is important and working out a logical order to study in.
I don't care if it takes me longer I can find all this information for free
While it is true that there is dozens of technical articles and books out in the library that cover a large amount of the material in this course; these resources rarely if at all deal with both the technical and non technical skills for the job. This course is aimed at preparing you for a job in Cyber Security and will lead you all the way up until the interview process. With on-demand help, a student community, mentoring sessions and practical assessments and technical writing assessments this evergreen course is designed as an all in one solution to get you your dream job.