Certified Lead Ethical Hacker (CLEH) – Self-Study

Course Overview

Certified Lead Ethical Hacker (CLEH) develops the knowledge and practical capability required to plan, manage and perform authorised penetration testing and ethical-hacking activities.

The course combines recognised penetration-testing methodologies with hands-on lab work covering information gathering, threat modelling, exploitation, privilege escalation, pivoting and reporting.

It is designed for cybersecurity professionals who need practical offensive-security skills while operating within lawful, controlled assessment boundaries.

Who Should Attend

• Professionals seeking practical penetration-testing techniques

• Information-security and cybersecurity practitioners

• Professionals responsible for information-system security

• Security-team members developing offensive-security capability

• Managers and advisers overseeing ethical-hacking activities

• Technical experts planning and performing penetration tests

Prerequisites

Participants should understand information-security concepts and principles and have advanced operating-system skills. Knowledge of computer networking and programming concepts is recommended.

Learning Objectives

• Apply ethical-hacking and penetration-testing concepts, methods and techniques

• Relate penetration-testing methodologies to standards and regulatory expectations

• Use information-gathering, vulnerability-identification and exploitation techniques

• Understand privilege escalation, pivoting and post-exploitation activities

• Document and report penetration-testing results professionally

Course Outline

• Introduction to ethical hacking

• Ethical-hacking scope, methodology and rules of engagement

• Threat modelling and assessment planning

• Reconnaissance

• Information gathering and enumeration

• Vulnerability identification and attack-surface analysis

• Exploitation

• Exploitation techniques and privilege escalation

• Pivoting, file transfer and post-exploitation

• Reporting and closure

• Evidence, findings and remediation guidance

• Professional penetration-test reporting

Exam & Certification

The course leads to the PECB Certified Lead Ethical Hacker examination, which includes practical assessment and reporting requirements under PECB's current scheme.

After passing the exam, candidates may apply for the applicable PECB Certified Lead Ethical Hacker credential subject to relevant experience requirements.

Eligible partner-delivered training includes the first exam attempt, one free retake, the certification application fee and the first year of the annual maintenance fee within the applicable 12-month cycle.

This Self-Study option is designed for learners who prefer to work independently using the learning materials provided through the applicable PECB enrolment.

After purchase, CyberCognize will process your enrolment with PECB. Your course access, learning materials and applicable PECB instructions will be provided separately once your enrolment has been completed.

Your purchase also includes the CyberCognize PECB Enrolment & Next Steps Guide, which explains what happens after checkout and how your access will be issued.