Authorisation, scope and the lab
The legal and practical groundwork that separates a tester from an offender.
£349 programme
Mai Studies Original · Cyber Security
Offensive Security and Ethical Hacking Practitioner
A hands-on offensive security programme covering authorisation and scope, reconnaissance, web and network testing, privilege escalation and reporting. All practical work is performed against your own lab environment. Nothing in this programme reproduces a certification body's question bank or material, and nothing here authorises testing systems you do not own.
12 weeks 65 guided hours Intermediate to Advanced
This programme carries its own fee in addition to membership, and gives you twelve months to complete it. Your certificate is issued once the fee is paid.
What you will achieve
- Set up a lawful, isolated testing lab
- Define scope, rules of engagement and authorisation in writing
- Find and evidence common web and network weaknesses
- Explain privilege escalation and lateral movement in practical terms
- Write findings with severity, evidence and remediation a team can use
Entry guidance
- — Comfortable with the Linux command line
- — Basic networking: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP
Original Mai Studies learning material. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification or university accreditation.
Programme syllabus
3 applied modules
4h
Finding weaknesses
Reconnaissance, web application testing and network testing against your own targets.
Escalation and reporting
From a foothold to impact, and from impact to a report someone acts on.