Ethical Hacking

Catalog description

This course is an introduction to hacking tools, techniques, and incident handling. Areas of instruction include an evolution of hacking and penetration testing; the basics of cryptology for information security; foot printing; vulnerability scanning and exploit; wireless, web, and database attacks; malware and system exploit; traffic analysis; incident response; and defensive technologies and controls. In this course, the students will learn how to discover vulnerabilities, how to attack and defend systems, how to respond to attacks, and how to identify and design controls to prevent future attacks. This course prepares students to pass the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker certification exam. Pre or co-requisites: CIS 115, or permission of the instructor. Three lecture hours per week. Instructional Support Fee applies.Gen. Ed. Competencies Met: Critical Thinking, Ethical Dimensions, Information Literacy, and Scientific Reasoning and Discovery.