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RoleMath has checked 2 free resources for this certification: 1 learning resource and 1 official scope document.
See the certification itself: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH).
Best free resources
| Resource | Type | Publisher | Cost | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEH exam information & objectives (official CEH page) | Exam objectives / outline | Official: EC-Council | Free (see notes) | official |
| PortSwigger Web Security Academy (free labs) | Free platform / subscription tier | Independent community: PortSwigger | Free tier (account req.) (see notes) | independent community |
What to know
- CEH exam information & objectives (official CEH page): RoleMath records this against exam 312-50 and has not verified whether that is still the current exam — check the vendor's page before relying on it. Official CEH page describing the exam and linking the current blueprint — use it to confirm the current version (the older standalone v5 blueprint PDF may be outdated). The vendor's online assessment is an email/PII lead-gen form (excluded here); all CEH training is paid. (noted when we read this source, 2026-06-14)
- PortSwigger Web Security Academy (free labs): Covers the web-application portion only and goes deeper there than the exam requires. Not affiliated with EC-Council and not mapped to the CEH blueprint. (noted when we read this source, 2026-07-30)
The free path, in order
1. Start from the exam objectives / outline — it is the scope the certifying body itself publishes, and where a vendor also publishes domain weightings they are in it. It may not be a comprehensive list of every exam topic. Study against it, not against a course's table of contents. Where the entry below records an exam version RoleMath has not verified as current, confirm on the vendor's page that you are reading the outline for your exam before you study against it.
2. Work the free structured course(s) above to build the skills — first check each one against What to know above, and where a course was written for a different exam version than the one you will sit, treat it as background rather than as your main preparation. Treat official material as scope authority and community material as instruction; use official sample questions where they exist.
3. Free study lowers what you spend preparing, not what the exam itself costs — verify the current price on the vendor's official exam page before budgeting.
Free resources reduce what you spend to study. No resource guarantees a pass, and a course is not the certification.