EC-Council

Jay Bavisi is the Founder of EC-Council Holding Pte Ltd,{{cite web|title=Jay Bavisi, Founder and CEO of EC-Council|website=Business Wire|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220907005072/en/EC-Council-to-Increase-Development-of-Ethical-Hackers-to-Address-Mounting-Shortage-of-Cybersecurity-Professionals|access-date=7 September 2022}}{{cite web|title=EC-Council President and CEO Jay Bavisi|website=Business Insider|url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/ec-council-president-and-ceo-jay-bavisi-to-announce-the-next-big-thing-in-cybersecurity-in-a-live-webinar-on-september-16-1029547141|access-date=31 August 2020}} the parent company of all of EC-Council Group of Companies. The first organization of the group, International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) was founded in 2001 in response to the September 11 attacks to certify professionals who could protect against attacks on electronic commerce.

EQT Private Equity invested in EC-Council in September 2021{{cite web|website=Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2021-09-27/eqt-private-equity-invests-in-ec-council-a-global-leader-in-cybersecurity-training-and-certification| title=EQT Private Equity invests in EC-Council

|access-date=27 September 2021}} EC-Council is the creator of popular certification programs such as CEH,{{Cite web|url=https://www.eccouncil.org/cyber-security-seminar-empowering-students/|title=EC- Council empowers Students through a Seminar on Cyber Security|date=12 September 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news-business/ec-council-organizes-a-seminar-on-cyber-security-113110817403_1.html|title=EC-Council organizes a seminar on cyber security|agency=India Infoline|date=2 September 2013|access-date=27 July 2021}} CHFI, ECSA/LPT and the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) program for white hat hackers in 2003. EC-Council became a certifier of training courses and exams instead of founding entirely new schools, mobilizing entrepreneurs in the information security training business. CEH courses were offered in more than 60 countries by 2007, and the program expanded rapidly.{{cite web|last=Slayton|first=Rebecca|date=2017-02-14|title=Limn: The Paradoxical Authority of the Certified Ethical Hacker|url=https://limn.it/articles/the-paradoxical-authority-of-the-certified-ethical-hacker/|access-date=27 July 2021|website=Limn}}

As of 2023, the CEH certification is part of the possible certifications to some cyber-security functions within the United States Department of Defense, as part of its [https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3299971/dod-cio-issues-dod-manual-8140/ Directive 8140].{{cite web|title=Persectives on Building a Cyber Force Structure|url=https://ccdcoe.org/uploads/2018/10/Starr-Perspectives-on-Building-a-Cyber-Force-Structure.pdf|access-date=27 July 2021}}{{Cite web |title=DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certifications – DoD Cyber Exchange |url=https://public.cyber.mil/wid/cwmp/dod-approved-8570-baseline-certifications/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=public.cyber.mil}}

In 2010, the EC-Council part of the organisations was selected by the Pentagon to oversee training of Department of Defense employees who work in computer security-related jobs.{{cite web|title=Pentagon trains workers to hack Defense computers|website=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/10/pentagon.hacking/index.html|access-date=27 July 2021|agency=CNN}}

In May 2006, the website of the EC-Council was defaced,{{Cite web |title=EC-Council.org Defaced in 2006 |url=http://zone-h.org/mirror/id/4100630?hz=1 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=zone-h.org}} and again in 2014, restored, then defaced, again, due to password reuse.{{Cite web |date=2015-09-24 |title="The Plague" returns to deface EC Council website {{!}} CSO Online |url=http://www.csoonline.com/article/2137027/malware-cybercrime/-the-plague--returns-to-deface-ec-council-website.html |access-date=2023-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924213420/http://www.csoonline.com/article/2137027/malware-cybercrime/-the-plague--returns-to-deface-ec-council-website.html |archive-date=2015-09-24 }} The attacker managed to exfiltrate sensitive data like passport pictures from the applicants, including notably Edward Snowden's.{{Cite web |last=McCormick |first=Rich |date=2014-02-24 |title=Ethical hacking organization hacked, website defaced with Edward Snowden's passport |url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/2/24/5441386/ethical-hacking-organization-website-defaced-with-snowden-passport |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=The Verge |language=en-US}}

On at least two instances, the EC-Council's website has also been prone to Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. In June of 2011, two vulnerabilities were discovered, both on the "portal" subdomain.{{Cite web |last=Nulled Byte |title=Double nibble URI decoding XSS Vulnerability on EC Council website |url=https://thehackernews.com/2011/06/double-nibble-uri-decoding-xss.html |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=The Hacker News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=EC-Council Web Site Vulnerable to Several XSS |url=https://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/ec-council/eccouncil-xss.html |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=attrition.org}} An additional vulnerability was found in May 2013.{{Cite web |title=Charlatan: EC-Council Found Vulnerable to 2nd XSS |url=https://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/ec-council/eccouncil-xss-2.html |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=attrition.org}}

During 2011, an EC-Council employee has been using comments spam to advertise the Certified Ethical Hacker certification. This was called a "fictional theory" by Jay Bavisi, President of EC-Council, despite evidences proving otherwise.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-19 |title=Who on earth would be trying to promote EC-Council University via comment spam on my website? |url=https://grahamcluley.com/ec-council-university-comment-spam/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Graham Cluley |language=en-GB}}

The EC-Council has also been holding sexist discourse on several occasions:

• In 2015, writing that "women should wear pants suit with heels" to be credible when doing pentesting.{{Cite web |last=Dallaway |first=Eleanor |date=2021-04-11 |title=The Story of the EC-Council Gender Survey Scandal: Survey Creator Says "It Was Written by Women so it Can't be Sexist" |url=https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/blogs/the-story-of-the-eccouncil-gender/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Infosecurity Magazine}}
• In 2021, publishing a survey about the challenges faced by women in cybersecurity, with "Only men can do this job" and "Women can't handle this job" and "women aren't encouraged enough" as sole possible answers, and explaining that "the post cannot be sexist coming from all women teams".

In March 2016, the website of the EC-Council was serving the Angler exploit kit. It took several days for the issue to be resolved.{{Cite web |date=2016-03-24 |title=Website of security certification provider spreading ransomware |url=https://blog.fox-it.com/2016/03/24/website-of-security-certification-provider-spreading-ransomware/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Fox-IT International blog |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Goodin |first=Dan |date=2016-03-24 |title=Certified Ethical Hacker website caught spreading crypto ransomware |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/03/certified-ethical-hacker-website-caught-spreading-crypto-ransomware/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}

In 2021, the EC-Council took its entire blog down due to apparent systematic copyright violations and plagiarism conducted by its marketing team.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-28 |title=Security training org EC-Council pulls blog over copyright violations, promises editorial improvements |url=https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/security-training-org-ec-council-pulls-blog-over-copyright-violations-promises-editorial-improvements |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=The Daily Swig {{!}} Cybersecurity news and views |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-06-23 |title=Ethics in Cybersecurity Marketing – Principles of Value Contribution |url=https://alyssasec.com/2021/06/ethics-in-cybersecurity-marketing-principles-of-value-contribution |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Alyssa Miller |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Errata: Charlatan - EC-Council (ECC) |url=https://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/ec-council/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=attrition.org}}

EC-Council offers professional certifications for the IT security field, such as Certified Network Defender (CND), Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO), and Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI).{{cite web|title=The Case for Cybersecurity Certifications|url=https://www.govtech.com/blogs/lohrmann-on-cybersecurity/the-case-for-security-certifications.html|access-date=27 July 2021|website=www.govtech.com|date=13 January 2018}} It also offers certifications in fields related to IT security, including disaster recovery, software security, digital forensics, and general IT security knowledge.

EC-Council University (ECCU) was licensed by the Wyoming Board of Education in 2006, despite major concerns from the state Education Department, including the lack of clarity whether the "school would offer substantive academic activity".

{{ cite web | date=January 10, 2006 | last=Gruver | first=Mead | title=State licenses online school | website=Casper Star-Tribune | url=https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/state-licenses-online-school/article_13f10c1d-9212-55a3-b10d-501b2aad84d3.html | access-date=February 7, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207205242/https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/state-licenses-online-school/article_13f10c1d-9212-55a3-b10d-501b2aad84d3.html | archive-date=February 7, 2023 | url-status=live | quote="Despite an ongoing push among state education officials to rein in unaccredited colleges and universities, the Wyoming Board of Education on Monday granted a state license to EC-Council University, an unaccredited school that will provide online computer technology degrees from an office in Laramie." }} It offers bachelor's and master's degrees in cybersecurity and graduate certificate programs since 2015.{{cite web|title=About Us {{!}} Cybersecurity University|url=https://www.eccu.edu/about-eccu/|access-date=27 July 2021|website=EC-Council University}}{{Cite web |title=Directory Of Accredited Institutions |url=https://www.deac.org/Student-Center/Directory-Of-Accredited-Institutions.aspx |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=www.deac.org}}

EC-Council CodeRed was launched in 2019 as a cybersecurity learning platform with a library of 4,000 video lessons.{{cite web|last=SemiColonWeb|title=CodeRed {{!}} Stream Premium Cybersecurity Courses {{!}} Learn Anytime Anywhere|url=https://codered.eccouncil.org/|access-date=27 July 2021|website=CodeRed}} It provides "microdegrees" on niche technical subjects.{{cite web|last=SemiColonWeb|title=CodeRed Microdegrees {{!}} Learn In-Demand Advanced Cybersecurity Skills|url=https://codered.eccouncil.org/Microdegrees|access-date=27 July 2021|website=CodeRed}}

EC-Council Global Services (EGS) is the consulting services division of the EC-Council Group. It received CREST membership for its cyber incident response, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment services in 2020.{{cite web|title=CREST Member Companies|url=https://service-selection-platform.crest-approved.org/member_companies/ec-council-global-services-sdn-bhd/index.html|access-date=27 July 2021|website=service-selection-platform.crest-approved.org}}{{cite web|title=EC-Council Global Services Receives CREST Membership|url=https://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/476679/ec-council-global-services-receives-crest-membership|access-date=27 July 2021|website=24-7 Press Release Newswire}}

EC-Council Aware is a cybersecurity training app that was launched in 2020 for iOS and Android.{{cite web|last=CISOMAG|date=14 October 2020|title=Looking for an End-user Training Program? EC-Council's Aware App is Just for You|url=https://cisomag.com/|access-date=27 July 2021|website=CISO MAG {{!}} Cyber Security Magazine}}

EC-Council launched its CyberQ platform in 2020. It is a cloud-based cyber range platform that automates the process of using cloud technology to deploy cyber targets.{{Cite web|title=CyberQ – Advanced Cyber Range Solution Provider {{!}} EC-Council|url=https://cyberq.eccouncil.org/|access-date=27 July 2021|website=cyberq.eccouncil.org}}

EC-Council hosts various IT security conferences including Hacker Halted, Global CyberLympics, TakeDownCon, and Global CISO Forum.{{cite web|title=Finalists for EC-Council Foundation's 2019 Global Cyberlympics Announced|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/finalists-for-ec-council-foundation-s-2019-global-cyberlympics-announced-854116117.html|access-date=27 July 2021|website=PRWeb}}{{cite news|last=Goldmeier|first=Jeremy|title=White-Hat Hackers: Meet the geeks who make computing safer by exposing its flaws|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/white-hat-hackers-meet-the-geeks-who-make-computing-safer-by-exposing-its-flaws/Content?oid=2503818|access-date=27 July 2021|website=Riverfront Times}}{{cite web|title=Global CISO Forum|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/ec_council_honors_cio_of_gs_tim_grieveson_as_chief_information_officer_of_the_year/prweb11233122.htm|access-date=16 October 2013|website=PRWeb}}

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