Ethical Hacking ( Only white hat )

A white hat is an ethical computer hacker, or a computer security expert, who specializes in penetration testing and other testing methodologies that ensure the security of an organization’s information systems.

Courses in Ethical Hacking:

GCUX – GIAC Certified Unix Security Administrator:

This certification hardens the candidate’s knowledge of Linux/Unix systems, Linux/Unix Digital Forensics, and Linux Application Security. This certification renders a candidate with the necessary abilities to secure Linux and Unix systems, handle security issues with multiple tools such as SSH, AIDE, and more. Cybersecurity enthusiasts can also pursue this certification. This certification intendsSecurity professionals & Administrators, Auditors, Incident Responders, Technical Experts of the UNIX/Linux Systems, and Information Security Analysts. This certification needs to be renewed every 4 years to ensure ongoing competency in the field of Information Security.

Linux+ CompTIA:

This certification covers the latest foundational skills and is a job-focused Linux Certification. It covers tasks performed in Linux distributions, Linux Command line, maintenance, installation, configuration, and networking. It provides hands-on experience in configuring, supporting, and monitoring servers that run the Linux Operating System. It focuses on security, storage, and visualization, kernel modules, enterprise-level device management, git & automation, server-side and command line, networking, and firewalls, troubleshooting, and SELinux.

LPI (Linux Professional Institute):

This certification enables a candidate to perform command-line maintenance tasks, install and configure a Linux system, and its basic networking. It validates a candidate’s ability to manage a real-world system administration. This certification does not require any prerequisites. The validity of this certification is 5 years. A candidate is required to pass both 101 and 102 exams to qualify for the certification. The main topics covered by this certification are:

System Architecture
Linux Installation
Package Management
GNU and Unix Commands
Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard and Devices
Shell & Shell Scripting
Desktops and Interfaces.
Administration
System Services
Fundamentals of Networking
Security

LPIC 2 – Linux Engineer:

It is the second of LPI’s multilevel professional certification. It enables the candidate to administer small to medium-sized networks. To qualify for this certification, the candidate needs to have an active LPIC -1 Certification. However, the LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 exams can be taken in any order. The validity of this certification is 5 years. This certification covers the following topics:

System StartUp
Linux Kernel
FileSystem and Devices
Capacity Planning
Advanced Storage Device Administration
Network Configuration & System Maintenance
File Sharing and Network Client Management
Domain Name Server
Web and Email
System Security

LPIC 3 – 300 – Linux Enterprise Professional Certification:

Mixed Environment: also named as LPIC – 3 300. It provides for an enterprise-level professional certification program that represents the highest level of proficiency in distribution-neural Linux. It requires a candidate to have an active LPIC – 2 certification. The validity of this certification is 5 years. It covers the following areas of interest:

OpenLDAP Configuration and Authentication Backend
Samba – Basics, Share Basics, User & Group Management
Samba – Name Services and Domain Integration
Working with Windows and Linux Clients.

Apart from LPIC – 3 300, there are two more specialization certifications at this level. Passing any one of the three grants the certification for that specialty. Its prerequisites and validity periods are the same as that for LPIC 3. The other two certifications are

LPIC-3 303 – Linux Enterprise Professional – Security:

As the name suggests, the certification emphasis the security of the enterprise-wide Linux administration. Its areas of coverage span across Cryptography, Access Control, Operations Security, Applications Security, and Network Security.

LPIC-3 304 – Linux Enterprise Professional – Virtualization & High Availability:

This certification focuses on virtualization and high availability of the enterprise-wide Linux administration. It covers Virtualization and High Availability of Cluster Management and Cluster Storage.

LFCS (Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator):

This certification is ideal for beginners in Linux System Administration. It evaluates candidates based on on-the-job task simulations and real-world scenarios. It equates to hands-on experience for prospective employers. This certification is conducted online and has a validity of 3 years. This certification needs no prior knowledge of the subject matter. Its prime areas of focus are:

Essential Commands, File Systems, and Features.
User and Group Management and System-wide environments
Operation of Running Systems, Boot, Reboot, Install, Configure, and Troubleshoot.
Service Configuration, DNS, SSH, HTTP and Virtual Machine Maintenance.
Networking, IP Routing, and synchronization
Storage Management, LVM Storage, RAID Devices, and configure File Systems.

LFCE (Linux Foundation Certified Engineer):

This certification is for candidates with 3-5 years of Linux experience. It enables candidates to develop higher levels of expertise for more advanced job roles. It is a performance-based examination and focuses more on on-the-job scenarios. However, there are no prerequisites for this certification. This certification is valid for 3 years. The core domains of this certification are:

Essential Commands, File Systems, and Features.
User and Group Management and System-wide environments
Operation of Running Systems, Boot, Reboot, Install, Configure, and Troubleshoot.
Service Configuration, DNS, SSH, HTTP and Virtual Machine Maintenance.
Networking, IP Routing, and synchronization
Storage Management, LVM Storage, RAID Devices, and configure File Systems.

Oracle Linux Administration Certification Paths

This certification path provides you with the necessary to the advanced foundation for the Oracle Linux Operating System. It is the only Linux distribution, optimized for Linux Operating System, which also includes Oracle Database Appliance, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, Oracle Exadata Database Machine, and Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine. They differ in their subject matters. We have listed them as per the certification below.

Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) | Oracle Linux 5 and 6 System Administrator:

This certification covers the following areas of expertise:

Linux Essentials
Installing Oracle Linux
Understanding System Configuration Options
Managing Ksplice
Managing System Logging
Managing Users and Groups
Managing Storage Devices
Managing File Sharing
Managing Pluggable Authentication Modules
Monitoring and Troubleshooting Oracle Linux
Describing Oracle Linux Concepts
Understanding and Configuring the Linux Boot Process and Service Administration
Installing and Maintaining Packages
Automating Tasks
Managing Kernel Modules
Managing Filesystems and Swap on Oracle Linux
Managing the Network Configuration
Using Open SSH
Managing Linux Security
Managing Oracle on Oracle.

Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) | Oracle Linux 6 System Administrator:
The main areas of focus in this certification are:

Btrfs Filesystem
Linux Containers (LXC)
Oracle Cluster File System 2
Core Dump Analysis
Managing Storage
Configuring and maintaining BIND
Virtualization with Linux
Control Groups
Advanced Storage Administration
Advanced Software Package Management
Dynamic Tracing with Dtrace
Configuring Networks and Network Services
Managing SELinux
XFS Filesystem
Managing Web and Email Services

Oracle Certified Specialist (OCS) | Oracle Linux 6 Certified Implementation Specialist:
This certification is for those with a strong foundation in the implementation of Oracle Linux solutions. An up-to-date and proven work experience is required to pursue this training. This certification is more focused on members of the Oracle Partner Network who, on its completion, would be recognized as OPN Certified Specialists. This certification covers the following topics:

Introduction to Oracle Linux
Linux Boot Process
Oracle Linux Package Management
Automate Tasks and System Logging
Oracle Linux File Systems and Storage Administration
Basic Security Administration
Installing Oracle Linux 6
Oracle Linux System Configuration and Process Management
Ksplice Zero Downtime Updates
User and Group Administration
Network Administration
Oracle Linux System Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Red Hat Level

Out of the many, we have listed 3 main certifications to begin your journey. The rest of the certifications depend on your area of expertise and work experience.

RHCSA (Red Hat Certified System Administrator):
This certification enables you to perform the core system administration tasks in Red Hat Linux Environments. An RHCSA certification enables you to:

Handle files and directories, command-line environments, and documentation.
Operate running systems, identify processes, run Virtual Machines and Control Services
Storage Configuration
File System Configuration
Manage Core Services
Manage Users and Groups.
Manage Security and SELinux Configuration

RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer):
A candidate needs to be a qualified RHCSA to earn this certification. An RHCE can automate Red Hat Enterprise Linux tasks, integrate and automate emerging Red Hat technologies. The new RHCE certification, based on Linux 8, focuses on Linux System Administration Task Automation using Ansible and Shell Scripting. This certification needs renewal every 3 years.

RHCA (Red Hat Certified Architect):
This program can adapt to a variety of requirements. It refers to RHCE, RHCEMD (Red Hat Certified Enterprise Microservices Developer), or RHCJD (Red Hat Certified JBoss Developer). Two RHCA certifications can be acquired. They are RHCA – Infrastructure and RHCA – Enterprise Applications. Candidates can choose to follow any or both of the learning paths.