The Complete Nmap Ethical Hacking Course : Network Security (Udemy.com)
Become an expert in the ethical hacking and network security tool Nmap!
Created by: Nathan House
Last updated August 2020
What you will learn
- You will become an expert in using Nmap for ethical hacking, system administration and network security.
- Learn how to successfully discover active and vulnerable hosts on a network.
- Discover the secrets of ethical hacking and network discovery, using Nmap on this complete course.
- You will explore the Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) used for more advanced discovery and hacking. We look at many scripts including those used for brute forcing passwords in email and databases, cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection (SQLi) discovery and other cool Nmap scripts.
- Learn Firewall and Intrusion detection evasion, Nmap output (convert, merge and compare) results, Zenmap (Nmap GUI) and how criminal black hat hackers use Nmap.
- Scan to determine firewall rules while avoiding intrusion detection systems (IDS).
- You will understand how Nmap is used in combination with criminal hacking infrastructures (command and control) servers.
How it compares
Against the other 523 rated Udemy courses in Hacking on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 51% of them
- Reviews4,459#52 of 524 by number of reviews
- Length4.5 hoursshorter than 52% of them
- Last updatedAugust 2020earlier than 81% of them
Course Description
Welcome to the Complete Nmap Course!
Nmap is the Internets most popular network scanner with advanced features that most people don't know even exists!
Discover the secrets of ethical hacking and network discovery, using Nmap on this complete course.
Nmap is an indispensable tool that all techies should know well. It is used by all good ethical hackers, penetration testers, systems administrators, and anyone in fact who wants to discovery more about the security of a network and its hosts.
You cannot be a good ethical hacker or systems administrator without being an expert in Nmap.
You will go from beginner to expert in easy to follow structured steps - and we cover all major platforms that Nmap can be used on, including - Windows, Mac, Linux and Kali.
The ideal student for this course is technically minded with an interest in ethical hacking and network security.
At the end of this course you'll have a practical skill-set in using Nmap to scan networks. You will be able to find vulnerabilities and weaknesses on systems that can be exploited by hackers.
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
4,459 Reviews
Nathan House
Winner of the AI "Cyber Security Educator of the Year 2020" award.
Shortlisted for "Cyber Security Influence of the year 2021"
Nathan has over 25 years of experience in cyber security, where he has advised some of largest companies in the world, assuring security on multi-million and multi-billion pound projects. He is the CEO of Station X, a cyber security career development platform and consultancy. More recently he acted as the lead security consultant on a number of the UK's mobile banking and payment solutions helping secure to date over £71Bn in transactions.
My clients have included; BP, ExxonMobil, Shell, Vodafone, VISA, T-mobile, GSK, COOP Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Natwest, Yorkshire bank, BG Group, BT, London 2012.
Over the years he have spoken at a number of security conferences, developed free security tools, and discovered serious security vulnerabilities in leading applications.
Qualifications and education
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Reviews
By Victor Arizmendi Fragoso on 2/3/2026
Nmap is a code based tool, so If I would be black, White, or grey hacker I will use it more that today, it is good to know about this important tool.
By Rui Carreira on 1/6/2020
Nathan House is a great professor and knows how to explain all the concepts in a easy way to understand. I already knew how to work with Nmap and decided to get into this course to learn more about its details. I gave 3.5 starts because i was expecting a more practical course. I was expecting a course were Labs would be created in order to test the Nmap scans and respective results..
By Francesco Carpine on 12/16/2019
Very practical course about Nmap tool by an IT security expert. But it seems just a set of video lessons about the official guide: the author simply describes all the tool command line options, even though with concrete examples. Moreover he seems really 'tired' in speaking, but this could be just a personal impression. Maybe sections 13 and 14, even though very interesting, are quite out of the scope of the course and should be part of 'extra-course' or course material: without them the certificate cannot be achieved.
By zux 10 on 9/8/2019
Nathan is very knowledgeable, and the course is good enough to get you started with Nmap. Nathan goes through all Nmap and Zenmap features which are essential tools to know about in the active reconnaissance phase, but it lacks more practical lectures on the NSE (Nmap Scripting Engine), though there are some good pre-made scripts covered in the NSE section. I know this is ain't a programming course, but overall this is recommended for anyone who's interested in information gathering or new to the field.
By Tsvetan Tihanov on 9/3/2019
Nathan is a real expert and goes deep into the topics, paying attention to every detail, focusing on the practical usage and sharing stories from his own experience as a professional penetration tester and security expert. I'd definitely take more of his courses.
By Neeraj Rawat on 8/1/2019
The course starts with the nmap help menu, so incase you need some videos to follow the help then its a good basic one to begin with before you jump into "man nmap" in Linux or the nmap book. The scripting part makes it interesting and still going on however I would expect another Advance course then with the more practical and useful examples used in real world, though it might differ as per the target. Nathan does a great job and not hiding anything as he starts with the help menu and explains one by one on the screen, that would be boring to understand on our own. If someone explains the things his way, then its easy to explore further without getting bored :)
By Omoding Patrick Takan on 3/4/2019
I took this course to make my "Nmap game" as strong as possible. I have been very pleased with the course's content. The instructor Nathan ticks all the boxes; from succinct articulation of concepts; to the depth and breadth of the material presented. All my course expectations have been exceeded, and "then some". I thought I would show my appreciation by making a purchase for the rest of your courses on Udemy. Thank you Nathan, for giving me a shot at passing my upcoming OSCP certification. Kind Regards Patrick
By Phillip Kimble on 6/29/2018
A great course on using nmap from beginner to intermediate users. While it doesn't go in-depth into advanced usage, it is very comprehensive and the extra lectures after the courses are as valuable as the course itself. All in all, well worth the time & money invested. I am a fan!
By Lenin M on 2/12/2018
Instructor explained each command very well. If the output of each command is explained more elaborately it will be much more good. Instructor covered as much as he can. Practical examples and real case studies adds much value to the course.
By Alex F on 10/26/2017
I think this is a great course he really goes in detail with all of the options that are available for nmap and then caps over zenmap at the end which is a lot more comprehensible for beginners and it is overall a great course for people who are trying to dip their toes in the Cyber Security field. I would highly recommend this course to others!
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Overall Score : 90 / 100











