This 15‑day course teaches the fundamentals and applied skills of ethical hacking (authorized penetration testing) to help learners identify, exploit responsibly, and remediate security weaknesses in networks, systems, and web applications. Emphasis is placed on legal/ethical considerations, a repeatable testing methodology, real-world tool use in safe lab environments, and translating findings into actionable remediation. Graduates will understand how attackers operate and how to protect systems against them.