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Nov 21, 2024
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CIS 591 - Ethical Hacking
Credit(s): 3
Cross-listed with: CIS 591 is cross-listed with CIS 432 . To distinguish CIS 591 from CIS 432 additional or differentiated assessments and/or assignments appropriate to the gradate level will be assigned.
This course introduces the tools and techniques associated with the cybersecurity practice known as ethical hacking or penetration testing. This 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 explointed. They will also learn how to avoid vulnerabilities and how to react and defend if they do occur as well as how to design the 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 prvoide a rich learning experience to students through the use of hand-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.
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