Publication date : 01/31/2024

Course : Intrusion testing, organizing your audit

Practical course - 4d - 28h00 - Ref. TEI
Price : 2460 € E.T.

Intrusion testing, organizing your audit




Intrusion testing, or Pentesting, is a technical procedure used to determine the real potential for intrusion and destruction of an IS infrastructure by a hacker. This course presents the approach and tools needed to carry out this type of test, and to write the final audit report in a professional manner.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. TEI
  4d - 28h00
2460 € E.T.




Intrusion testing, or Pentesting, is a technical procedure used to determine the real potential for intrusion and destruction of an IS infrastructure by a hacker. This course presents the approach and tools needed to carry out this type of test, and to write the final audit report in a professional manner.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Acquire a methodology for organizing a penetration test-type security audit of your IS
Write a final report following an intrusion test
Formulate safety recommendations

Intended audience
Security managers and architects. System and network technicians and administrators. Pentest auditors.

Prerequisites
Good knowledge of IT security (hardware, network architectures, application architectures). Experience required.

Practical details
Teaching methods
After a first day dedicated to reminders and preparation of the environment, the following days will be devoted to carrying out intrusion tests in real-life situations.

Course schedule

1
The threats

  • Developments in IS security.
  • The current state of IT security.
  • The hacker mindset and culture.
  • What are the risks and threats?

2
Audit methodology

  • The regulatory context.
  • The benefits of performing a penetration test, a Pentest, the different types of Pentest.
  • How to integrate penetration testing into an overall security process.
  • Learn how to define a security management policy and an iterative Pentest.
  • Organize and plan the intervention. How to prepare the repository?
  • The technical scope of the audit. Performing the Pentest.
Hands-on work
Perform an audit.

3
Pentest tools

  • What tools should you use? Are they really essential?
  • Information acquisition. Access acquisition.
  • Elevation of privileges. Maintaining access to the system.
  • Scan and network tools.
  • System and Web analysis tools.
  • Tools for attacking employees.
  • What tools can be used to maintain access?
  • Operating frameworks.
Hands-on work
Handling Pentest tools. Use of scanning tools.

4
Report writing

  • Collect information.
  • Document preparation and report writing.
  • Overall system security analysis.
  • Describe the vulnerabilities found.
  • Formulate safety recommendations.
Group discussion
Production of a report following an intrusion test.

5
Case studies

  • Interception of insecure HTTP or HTTPS flows.
  • Intrusion test on an IP address.
  • Intrusion testing of client-server applications: FTP , DNS , SMTP.
  • Web application penetration testing (SQL Injection, XSS, PHP module and CMS vulnerabilities).
  • Internal penetration tests: compromise via a booby-trapped USB key and a malicious PDF.
Hands-on work
Participants will audit a corporate network based on a real-life scenario.


Customer reviews
4,6 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
LUDOVIC G.
28/10/25
5 / 5

very interesting.
SÉBASTIEN A.
28/10/25
4 / 5

Good technical skills
ALEXIS C.
15/07/25
5 / 5

Very good trainer. (The format of the audit report needs to be improved with a generic template for the tutorial.



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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 31 Mar., 2 June, 22 Sep.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 31 Mar., 2 June, 22 Sep.