EC-Council

CEH v9 is legacy material. It can still contain useful ethical-hacking fundamentals, but it is not the version a current candidate should build an exam plan around. EC-Council’s current Certified Ethical Hacker program is CEH v13, with updated coverage that explicitly integrates AI into the learning program and a current certification structure built around the CEH knowledge exam and CEH Practical. The distinction is important because ethical hacking is a durable discipline while exam versions are temporary. Reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, vulnerability analysis, web attacks, wireless security, social engineering, cloud security,…

The Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) resources in this 2025 guide are useful as study categories, but the current program in October 2026 is CEH v13. Candidates should compare every resource with EC-Council’s current 312-50 knowledge-exam objectives and distinguish the optional CEH Practical assessment from the standard knowledge credential. Issued by EC-Council, this certification validates a practitioner’s understanding of how malicious actors think and operate, equipping certified professionals to identify vulnerabilities before those same techniques can be used against their organizations. Given the certification’s broad scope spanning numerous attack vectors and…

Certified Ethical Hacker remains one of the most recognizable entry-to-midlevel offensive-security credentials, but candidates should understand what the current program actually proves. EC-Council markets CEH v13 as an AI-aware ethical-hacking program built around twenty modules, hands-on labs, a knowledge examination, and an optional practical examination. The current knowledge exam uses the 312-50 code, contains 125 multiple-choice questions, and runs for four hours. Candidates who also complete the six-hour CEH Practical can earn the CEH Master designation. The important preparation lesson is that the credential spans two different kinds of competence….

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v10 is an important historical training release, not the current CEH exam syllabus. EC-Council introduced v10 courseware in 2018 with dedicated attention to Internet of Things security, vulnerability analysis and emerging cloud and AI concepts. Those changes help explain how ethical-hacking education responded to a wider attack surface, but a new candidate in October 2026 should follow the current CEH v13 program and the official 312-50 examination guidance. Confusing courseware versions with examination identifiers can be costly. EC-Council uses 312-50 as the knowledge-exam code, while training…

EC-Council’s C|CISO and PECB’s Chief Information Security Officer certifications both target information-security leadership, but they are built around different certification models. Neither credential should be chosen from the title alone. The useful comparison is how each program defines executive security competence, what experience it expects, how the assessment works, and how closely that structure matches the candidate’s career stage. Both programs are current in 2026. EC-Council’s C|CISO is explicitly designed around five executive information-security domains and has substantial experience requirements for the full certification. PECB’s CISO program combines a structured…

There is no single “CEH salary” because Certified Ethical Hacker holders work in many different roles. EC-Council currently maps CEH to security administration, SOC analysis, cyber defense, incident response, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, consulting, cloud security, threat hunting, application security, and other functions. Compensation follows the role, location, experience, industry, and scope of responsibility more than the certification title by itself. For U.S. context, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a May 2025 median annual wage of US$129,180 for information security analysts, with the lowest 10 percent below US$75,090 and…

Ethical hacking uses attacker techniques under explicit authorization to identify weaknesses, demonstrate realistic risk, and improve defensive controls. Professional work depends on scope, evidence, restraint, communication, and repeatable methodology as much as on technical exploitation. CEH preparation is therefore strongest when reconnaissance, scanning, exploitation, post-exploitation, cloud, web, wireless, IoT, and AI-assisted work are connected to an authorized testing lifecycle. EC-Council 312-50 is the current exam code for the Certified Ethical Hacker knowledge exam. EC-Council’s current program is CEH v13 and lists 125 multiple-choice questions with a four-hour exam. The version…

EC-Council offers certifications in ethical hacking, penetration testing, network defense, security operations, forensics, incident response, cloud security, software security and leadership. There is no single mandatory sequence. A useful career plan begins with the tasks you want to perform and the evidence that would demonstrate you can do them. Older EC-Council career maps can be misleading. They may present the EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA) as the automatic progression after CEH. Current issuer pathways instead prominently feature Certified Penetration Testing Professional (CPENT) for advanced practical testing. An old course can…