Professional Certificate in Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking
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Each module is 60 hours: 20 h guided instruction, 20 h supervised lab, 12 h project studio, 8 h assessment. Programme version 2026.10 · fingerprint 308D310A1FFAE808
| Code | Course | Hours | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWY-03-M01 | Network Fundamentals & Protocols | 60 | 3 |
| SWY-03-M02 | Linux Mastery | 60 | 3 |
| SWY-03-M03 | Cryptography & Encryption | 60 | 3 |
| SWY-03-M04 | Vulnerability Assessment | 60 | 3 |
| SWY-03-M05 | Web Application Security | 60 | 3 |
| SWY-03-M06 | Penetration Testing (PTES) | 60 | 3 |
| SWY-03-M07 | Wireless Security | 60 | 3 |
| SWY-03-M08 | Social Engineering & Physical Security | 60 | 3 |
| SWY-03-M09 | Incident Response & Forensics | 60 | 3 |
| SWY-03-M10 | Capstone — Corporate Security Audit | 60 | 3 |
M01 Network Fundamentals & Protocols · Module 1 · 60 h
OSI, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Wireshark.
- • OSI
- • TCP/IP
- • DNS
- • DHCP
- • Wireshark
M02 Linux Mastery · Module 2 · 60 h
Command line, bash scripting, permissions, hardening.
- • Command line
- • bash scripting
- • permissions
- • hardening
M03 Cryptography & Encryption · Module 3 · 60 h
Symmetric/asymmetric, hashing, PKI, signatures.
- • Symmetric/asymmetric
- • hashing
- • PKI
- • signatures
M04 Vulnerability Assessment · Module 4 · 60 h
Nmap, Nessus, OpenVAS scanning workflows.
- • Nmap
- • Nessus
- • OpenVAS scanning workflows
M05 Web Application Security · Module 5 · 60 h
OWASP Top 10, SQLi, XSS, CSRF, WAFs.
- • OWASP Top 10
- • SQLi
- • XSS
- • CSRF
- • WAFs
M06 Penetration Testing (PTES) · Module 6 · 60 h
Recon, scanning, exploitation, post-exploitation, reporting.
- • Recon
- • scanning
- • exploitation
- • post-exploitation
- • reporting
M07 Wireless Security · Module 7 · 60 h
WPA2/WPA3, rogue AP detection, Wi-Fi hardening.
- • WPA2/WPA3
- • rogue AP detection
- • Wi-Fi hardening
M08 Social Engineering & Physical Security · Module 8 · 60 h
Phishing, pretexting, physical assessments.
- • Phishing
- • pretexting
- • physical assessments
M09 Incident Response & Forensics · Module 9 · 60 h
Log analysis, malware triage, chain of custody, recovery.
- • Log analysis
- • malware triage
- • chain of custody
- • recovery
M10 Capstone — Corporate Security Audit · Module 10 · 60 h
Black-box pentest with full remediation report.
- • Black-box pentest with full remediation report
- • Written examination — 30% of the course mark
- • Laboratory / practical portfolio — 40% of the course mark
- • Project defence — 20% of the course mark
- • Professional conduct & participation — 10% of the course mark