Ethical Hacking Course in Sikkim
Cyber Defence runs a CEH-aligned ethical hacking course for Sikkim — 6 months, 180 hours, fees ₹60,000 with EMI. You practise on Kali Linux, Nmap, Burp Suite and Metasploit against real lab machines, covering web and wireless exploitation and bug bounty reporting, taught live by CEH and CRTA certified Amit Kumar.
Last updated: 6 August 2026
Course at a glance
| Course | Fee | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Cyber Security Course | ₹15,000 | 3–4 months · 120+ hours · networking, Linux, VAPT basics, SIEM, incident response |
| Ethical Hacking Course (CEH-aligned) | ₹60,000 | 6 months · 180 hours · Kali Linux, Metasploit, Burp Suite, web & wireless exploitation, bug bounty |
| Digital Forensics | ₹10,999 | 2 months · 35 hours · evidence handling, disk and memory basics, reporting |
| CCNA Networking | ₹8,999 | 2 months · 45 hours · the networking base every security role assumes |
EMI available on all courses. No separate lab, material or certificate charges. EC-Council CEH exam vouchers are purchased from EC-Council directly, as at every institute.
Why this matters in Sikkim
Sikkim rests on three pillars: pharmaceutical manufacturing clustered along the Rangpo–Singtam industrial corridor in the east, tourism drawn by Kanchenjunga and the monasteries, and hydropower. Agriculture is organic by state policy, producing large cardamom, ginger, turmeric and orchids. Government service and the tourism supply chain — hotels, homestays, taxi operators, guides and eateries — employ much of the working population.
Gangtok is a Smart City project area with solid broadband and near-universal UPI acceptance in hotels, taxis and shops. The state is small and compact, which helps coverage, but high-altitude North Sikkim and the Lachen and Lachung valleys stay patchy and weather-dependent. Tourism operators are already digitally fluent, running bookings across travel portals, Instagram and WhatsApp.
What that means for security: Search is English-dominant, with Nepali spoken locally, and almost all valuable demand originates outside the state. Queries: "Gangtok tour package 5 days", "Lachung homestay booking", "Sikkim permit for Nathula", "North Sikkim road status". Seasonality is sharp and travel portals occupy much of the results page, so operators need direct-booking content and question-led pages to reduce commission dependence.
Hotels and travel operators need a fast direct-booking site with current availability, package pages, permit guidance and clear cancellation terms — the point is winning the guest before the portal does. Pharmaceutical units near Rangpo need compliant corporate sites carrying quality and regulatory documentation for B2B buyers and auditors. Both have to work on slow hotel Wi-Fi.
Sectors most exposed here
Main business centres
Gangtok · Namchi · Rangpo · Singtam
Business languages: Nepali, English, Bhutia, Lepcha, Hindi
Syllabus
6 months (180 hours). Every module ends with a hands-on lab you complete on your own laptop from Sikkim — 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 use hands-on
What the roles pay
| Role | Typical salary |
|---|---|
| SOC Analyst (Tier 1) | ₹4–8 LPA |
| VAPT Engineer / Penetration Tester | ₹6–12 LPA |
| Cyber Security Analyst | ₹5–10 LPA |
| Incident Response Analyst | ₹6–11 LPA |
| Application Security Engineer | ₹8–16 LPA |
Bands reflect entry-level to two-years-experience hiring across India and vary with skill, city and employer. We do not guarantee a package — we prepare you for interviews and refer you to hiring partners.
Cities we serve across Sikkim
Local pages with the detail specific to each city.
Been scammed in Sikkim? Do this first
Call 1930 immediately. The national cyber-crime financial-fraud helpline works across India. Reporting within the first hour gives the best chance of freezing the transfer before it is withdrawn.
File at cybercrime.gov.in and keep the acknowledgement number, then follow up at your local cyber police station.
Preserve everything. SMS, UPI reference numbers, caller ID, the app you were asked to install, screenshots. Do not factory-reset the phone — that destroys the evidence.
Straight answer: we have no office in Sikkim
Cyber Defence has one campus — Red Square Market, Hisar, Haryana 125001 — and serves Sikkim through live online batches: the same trainer, the same labs, the same verifiable certificate. Plenty of institutes list an address in every city they want to rank in. We would rather tell you the truth.
We publish no star ratings or review counts, because we have no verified review corpus and inventing one is fraud. Ask us to connect you with a past student instead.
We do not guarantee placement. We prepare you properly and we refer you — the interview is yours to win.
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