The CEH syllabus, which is also referred to as the CEH v12 syllabus, encompasses a broad spectrum of ethical hacking-related subjects. It comprises the following:
- Ethical hacking fundamentals and methodologies,
- Penetration testing techniques (footprinting, scanning, enumeration, exploitation),
- Network security and vulnerabilities (wireless, operating systems, cloud),
- Social engineering and countermeasures,
- Web application hacking and SQL injection,
- Cryptography and incident handling,
- Scripting and automation for hacking, etc.