Hack Lab: Introduction to Cybersecurity

Catalog description

This course aims to give students a solid understanding of the basics of modern internet technologies and an introduction to the most common types of attacks used in cybercrime and cyberwarfare. Taught by a long-time cybersecurity practitioner, each session will begin with a lecture covering the basics of an area of technology and how that technology has been misused in the past. After a short break, students will then begin a hands-on lab section, with the guidance of the instructor, where they attack a known insecure system using techniques and tools seen in the field. By the end of the course, students are expected to have a basic understanding of some of the most common offensive techniques in use today. No computer science background is required. All students must bring a Windows, Mac OS X or Linux laptop to class. This course is restricted to 25 students, with enrollment preference given to Masters in International Policy (MIP) students and other graduate students. MIP students contact [email protected] for an enrollment code. Other students apply at https://goto.stanford.edu/hacklab25