EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (E|CES)

Course outline

Who Should Attend

Anyone involved in the selection and implementation of VPN’s or digital certificates should attend this course. Without understanding cryptography at some depth, people are limited to following marketing hype. Understanding the actual cryptography allows you to know which one to select. A person successfully completing this course will be able to select the encryption standard that is most beneficial to their organization and understand how to effectively deploy that technology. This course is excellent for ethical hackers and penetration testing professionals as most penetration testing courses skip cryptoanalysis completely. Many penetration testing professionals testing usually don’t attempt to crack cryptography. A basic knowledge of cryptoanalysis is very beneficial to any penetration testing.

Passing Score

In order to maintain the high integrity of our certification exams, EC-Council Exams are provided in multiple forms (I.e. different question banks). Each form is carefully analyzed through beta testing with an appropriate sample group under the purview of a committee of subject matter experts that ensure that each of our exams not only has academic rigor but also has “real world” applicability. We also have a process to determine the difficulty rating of each question. The individual rating then contributes to an overall “Cut Score” for each exam form. To ensure each form has equal assessment standards, cut scores are set on a “per exam form” basis. Depending on which exam form is challenged, cut scores can range from 60% to 78%.

• Number of Questions: 50
• Required Passing Score:70%
• Test Duration: 2 Hours
• Test Format: Multiple Choice
• Test Delivery: EC-Council Exam Center (ECC EXAM)
• Course/Class Duration: 3 days / 20 hours (ECC EXAM)

Making an informed decision is difficult, and that’s where EC-Council’s ECES brochure comes to your rescue. The EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES) credential is the most trusted cryptography certification that employers worldwide value, and for good reasons.

The comprehensive curriculum covers the foundations of modern symmetric and key cryptography, including the details of algorithms such as Feistel Networks, DES, and AES, applications of cryptography, and much more.

When you successfully achieve the ECES certification, you will be able to select the encryption standard that is most beneficial to your organization and understand how to deploy that technology effectively.

This is only an overview of ECES and what you will learn.