Cyber Defence
CYBERDEFENCE
IT Belt Kolkata · Biswa Bangla Sarani (Major Arterial Road)

Ethical Hacking Course in New Town, Kolkata

Cyber Defence runs a live online, CEH-aligned ethical hacking course for New Town, 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 New Town — quick facts

CourseEthical Hacking Course (CEH-aligned)
Duration6 months (180 hours)
Fees₹60,000 (EMI available)
ModeLive online for New Town; optional classroom at the Hisar campus
ServingNew Town, Kolkata, West Bengal — near Biswa Bangla Sarani (Major Arterial Road) (PIN 700156)
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.

New Town and ethical hacking — the local picture

New Town is the newer half of the IT belt — planned blocks, large single-tenant campuses and housing built for the people who work in them. Commute times are short, which is why evening study actually survives here.

What attackers actually do here: Large campus networks with contractor access, plus a young high-earning resident base repeatedly targeted by investment and trading-app scams run over Telegram and WhatsApp.

Who enrols from New Town: Campus-hire engineers in their first two years wanting a security specialisation before the internal role change window.

Getting your bearings

TCS Gitanjali Park. Nearest transit: Biswa Bangla Sarani (Major Arterial Road).

Colleges & employers nearby

  • • TCS Gitanjali Park
  • • Infosys Kolkata development centre
  • • Aliah University New Town campus

Ethical hacking syllabus for New Town 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 New Town, 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 New Town 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 New Town

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 New Town 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 New Town — 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 New Town

Which is the best ethical hacking course in New Town, Kolkata?

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The best ethical hacking course in New Town 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 New Town?

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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 New Town?

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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 New Town study through live online batches — same trainer, same labs, same certificate. The area sits near Biswa Bangla Sarani (Major Arterial Road), 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 New Town never cross that line.

Can a beginner from New Town 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.

New Town 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 — New Town 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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