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Nov 21, 2024
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CIS 432 - Ethical Hacking
Credit(s): 3
Cross-listed with: CIS 432 is cross-listed with CIS 591 . To distinguish CIS 591 from CIS 432 additional or differentiated assessments and/or assignments appropriate to the graduate level will be assigned.
This course introduces the tools and techniques associated with the cybersecurity practice known as ethical hacking or penetration testing. The course covers not only laws and regulations, but also the steps in penetration testing such as planning, scanning, exploiting, and result reporting. Students are taught how system vulnerabilities are discovered and exploited. They will also learn how to avoid vulnerabilities and how to react and defend if they do occur as well as how to design controls to prevent future attacks in real-life situations. Other topics include: system, wireless, web, and database hacking; penetration testing methods and tools. The course is designed to provide a rich learning experience to students through the use of hands-on exercises and discussions on the course material. The cross-cutting concepts which are emphasized in this course will be: risk, and adversarial thinking. SP (Odd)
Prerequisite(s): CIS 125 and CIS 161 . Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): CIS 356.
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