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North Kolkata · Dum Dum metro interchange and Dum Dum Junction railway

Ethical Hacking Course in Dum Dum, Kolkata

Cyber Defence runs a live online, CEH-aligned ethical hacking course for Dum Dum, Kolkata — 6 months, 180 hours, fees ₹60,000 with EMI. You practise on Kali Linux, Nmap, Burp Suite and Metasploit against real lab machines, taught by CEH and CRTA certified hacker Amit Kumar.

Last updated: 6 August 2026

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Ethical hacking course in Dum Dum — quick facts

CourseEthical Hacking Course (CEH-aligned)
Duration6 months (180 hours)
Fees₹60,000 (EMI available)
ModeLive online for Dum Dum; optional classroom at the Hisar campus
ServingDum Dum, Kolkata, West Bengal — near Dum Dum metro interchange and Dum Dum Junction railway (PIN 700028)
TrainerAmit Kumar — CEH (EC-Council), CRTA certified
CertificateCyber Defence certificate with a public verification link
PlacementResume building, mock interviews and hiring-partner referrals
EligibilityClass 12 pass and above. No programming background required.

Dum Dum and ethical hacking — the local picture

Dum Dum is the north’s transport pivot — metro interchange, railway junction and the airport — so the working population is heavy on aviation, logistics and ground-handling staff alongside airport-adjacent hospitality.

What attackers actually do here: Travel-linked fraud dominates: fake ticketing and refund pages, cloned booking helplines, and Wi-Fi credential harvesting around transit waiting areas.

Who enrols from Dum Dum: Aviation and logistics staff plus north-Kolkata graduates wanting an IT career with a defined syllabus.

Getting your bearings

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. Nearest transit: Dum Dum metro interchange and Dum Dum Junction railway.

Colleges & employers nearby

  • • Dum Dum Motijheel College
  • • NSCBI Airport and allied aviation employers
  • • Dum Dum Junction rail complex

Ethical hacking syllabus for Dum Dum learners

Six modules from lab setup to bug bounty reporting. Every technique is practised against deliberately vulnerable machines in a legal lab — never against live systems.

01. Hacking lab setup & Linux

  • Kali Linux + VirtualBox/VMware
  • Lab networking
  • Bash & Python for hackers
  • Anonymity and legal boundaries

02. Reconnaissance & scanning

  • Passive & active OSINT
  • Google dorking
  • Nmap, Masscan
  • Service & version enumeration

03. System hacking & exploitation

  • Metasploit framework
  • Password attacks & cracking
  • Privilege escalation (Linux & Windows)
  • Post-exploitation & persistence

04. Web & API hacking

  • OWASP Top 10 exploitation
  • SQLi, XSS, SSRF, IDOR
  • Burp Suite Pro workflows
  • API and JWT attacks

05. Wireless, mobile & social engineering

  • Wi-Fi attacks (WPA2/WPA3)
  • Android APK analysis
  • Phishing simulation ethics
  • Human-layer attack surface

06. Bug bounty & reporting

  • Choosing programs & scope
  • Writing an accepted report
  • Proof-of-concept discipline
  • Building a public researcher profile

Tools you will actually use

Kali LinuxNmapBurp SuiteMetasploitWiresharkOWASP ZAPNessusJohn the RipperHydraWazuh (SIEM)AutopsyAircrack-ng

Course fees for Dum Dum, Kolkata

CourseDurationFee
Cyber Security Course3–4 months · 120+ hours₹15,000
Ethical Hacking Course (CEH-aligned)6 months · 180 hours₹60,000
Digital Forensics2 months / 35 hours₹10,999
CCNA Networking2 months / 45 hours₹8,999

EMI available on all courses. No separate lab, material or certificate charges. EC-Council CEH exam vouchers are purchased from EC-Council separately — true at every institute, including ours.

Where Dum Dum learners get hired

Security hiring concentrates in the Sector V, New Town and Rajarhat delivery centres — SOC L1 and L2 monitoring, identity and access administration, vulnerability management, GRC and audit support for overseas clients — plus bank and NBFC operations teams. Kolkata carries fewer product-security and red-team roles than Bengaluru or Hyderabad, so remote contracts and relocation are realistic parts of the plan.

Entry-level SOC and IT-security pay in Kolkata generally trails Bengaluru and Pune for the same job title. The lift usually comes from certification, a demonstrable lab portfolio, and moving to remote or relocated roles after the first couple of years.

We do not guarantee a package — no honest institute can. We prepare you for interviews, help build a lab portfolio, and refer you to hiring partners.

Straight answer: we have no centre in Dum Dum

Plenty of institute pages claim a branch in every locality. Ours does not. Cyber Defence has one campus — Red Square Market, Hisar, Haryana — and everything delivered to Dum Dum is live online: the same trainer, the same lab environment, the same certificate.

In Kolkata that is usually an advantage. You keep the hours a commute would cost, you practise on the machine you will actually work on, and every live class is recorded so a missed session is not a lost module.

If a physical classroom is genuinely what keeps you disciplined, say so on the counselling call and we will tell you honestly that a local centre suits you better. We would rather lose an enrolment than mis-sell one.

If you have been scammed in Dum Dum — do this first

Call 1930 immediately. The national cyber-crime financial-fraud helpline works across West Bengal. Reporting within the first hour gives the best chance of freezing the transfer before it is withdrawn.

File the complaint at cybercrime.gov.in, then follow up at your local cyber police station — Kolkata has a dedicated cyber crime unit.

Preserve everything. Keep the SMS, UPI reference numbers, caller ID, the app you installed and screenshots. Do not factory-reset the phone. Weak evidence, not weak law, is what usually stalls recovery.

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FAQ — ethical hacking course in Dum Dum

Which is the best ethical hacking course in Dum Dum, Kolkata?

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The best ethical hacking course in Dum Dum is one with a real lab rather than slides. Cyber Defence's CEH-aligned course runs 6 months (180 hours) and puts you on Kali Linux, Nmap, Burp Suite and Metasploit against deliberately vulnerable machines from the early weeks. It is taught live by CEH and CRTA certified ethical hacker Amit Kumar.

What are ethical hacking course fees in Dum Dum?

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The full CEH-aligned course is ₹60,000 for 6 months, EMI available. On a tighter budget, the 3–4 months cyber security course at ₹15,000 covers the hacking fundamentals and can be upgraded later. Institutes across Kolkata commonly quote ₹40,000+ for CEH training, with the EC-Council exam voucher charged separately.

Is there an ethical hacking institute near Dum Dum?

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Several institutes advertise across Kolkata, some with physical centres. Cyber Defence is honest about this: our campus is in Hisar, Haryana, and learners in Dum Dum study through live online batches — same trainer, same labs, same certificate. The area sits near Dum Dum metro interchange and Dum Dum Junction railway, but no commute is needed.

Is ethical hacking legal in India?

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Yes, when it is authorised. Testing a system you own, a lab machine, or a client system with written permission is legal. Accessing any system without permission is an offence under Section 66 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The course opens with scope, authorisation and rules of engagement so learners in Dum Dum never cross that line.

Can a beginner from Dum Dum learn ethical hacking?

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Yes. The course assumes no prior security knowledge and starts with networking, Linux and lab setup. What separates people who learn hacking from people who watch videos about it is lab hours, not background.

Does the course cover bug bounty?

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Yes — the final module covers choosing programs, staying strictly inside scope, building a proof of concept a triager can reproduce, and writing reports that get accepted, plus building a public researcher profile.

Dum Dum me ethical hacking course ki fees kitni hai?

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Cyber Defence ka CEH-aligned ethical hacking course ₹60,000 ka hai (6 months, 180 hours), EMI available. Kam budget hai to ₹15,000 wala cyber security course se shuru karo. Classes live online — Dum Dum se travel nahi. WhatsApp: +91 75175 72000.

Hacking seekh kar Kolkata me job milti hai kya?

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Haan, lekin practice ke saath. Entry-level SOC and IT-security pay in Kolkata generally trails Bengaluru and Pune for the same job title. The lift usually comes from certification, a demonstrable lab portfolio, and moving to remote or relocated roles after the first couple of years. Course me resume, mock interview aur referral support milta hai, par asli farq lab par ki gayi practice se aata hai.

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