Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing

Catalog description

Discussion of advanced topics in Cybersecurity, such as security testing, system defense, and countermeasures. The implications of information security vulnerabilities in systems, networks, and applications are explored. Students will be able to identify solutions before adversaries exploit the flaws. In this course, students discover techniques that attackers use to compromise network and systems security. Demonstrating how an adversary could hack into systems by simulate a hack of systems to uncover and exploit vulnerabilities in an isolated penetration test computer laboratory. The course offers learning on how to protect network and systems through hands-on lab activities utilizing the tools and methods that intruders use. Methods of security assessments for the strength of the organizational cybersecurity posture are discussed. Additional topics include firewall and intrusion detection system exploration, denial of service attack issues, Internet security mechanisms, spoofing, session hijacking, and sniffers.