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EC-Council knowledge-exam blueprint v5.0; practical examination and training-version labels are separate · Source checked 2026-10-24
20 topic chapters teach concepts before asking you to apply them. Explore the visual model and memory hint, try the concept activity, then read the explanations and worked example. Selected topics also include interactive local simulations.
Twenty topic chapters follow the public blueprint’s subject groups. These teach concepts and defensive assessment reasoning; they do not establish hands-on tool proficiency, full technique coverage, independent approval or exam readiness. Expanded after comparing the RST Forum CEH v13 curriculum and lab themes. Twenty original synthetic-evidence exercises supplement these chapters; no provider lab access or hands-on exploitation proficiency is implied. Chapter progress is separate from the earlier domain-overview progress.
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Domain 1 · About 6 minutes
1.1 · Assessment purpose, methodology and authorization
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Domain 2 · About 6 minutes
2.1 · Reconnaissance and public-information footprint
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Domain 2 · About 6 minutes
2.2 · Host discovery, scanning and service identification
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2.3 · Service enumeration and information exposure
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Domain 3 · About 6 minutes
3.1 · Vulnerability validation and contextual prioritization
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Domain 3 · About 6 minutes
3.2 · Host access, privilege escalation and persistence concepts
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Domain 3 · About 6 minutes
3.3 · Malware categories, behavior and safe analysis
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Domain 4 · About 6 minutes
4.1 · Packet observation and local-network trust
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Domain 4 · About 6 minutes
4.2 · Social engineering, impersonation and awareness assessment
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4.3 · Denial-of-service mechanisms and resilience
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Domain 4 · About 6 minutes
4.4 · Session hijacking and token lifecycle
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4.5 · Firewalls, detection systems, honeypots and coverage limits
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Domain 5 · About 6 minutes
5.1 · Web-server exposure, configuration and patching
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Domain 5 · About 6 minutes
5.2 · Web application and API authorization, input and business logic
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Domain 5 · About 6 minutes
5.3 · Database injection concepts and prevention
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Domain 6 · About 6 minutes
6.1 · Wireless authentication, encryption and client trust
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Domain 7 · About 6 minutes
7.1 · Mobile application, device and management security
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Domain 7 · About 6 minutes
7.2 · IoT, embedded and operational-technology assessment
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Domain 8 · About 6 minutes
8.1 · Cloud assessment across tenants, identities and workloads
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Domain 9 · About 6 minutes
9.1 · Cryptographic functions, keys and certificate trust
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