CS 279 - Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
Students will learn how to exploit networks in the manner of an attacker in order to find out how to protect networks and personal systems from them. Students will learn through lectures and hands-on labs a baseline knowledge of security threats, risks, and countermeasures. At the end of the course, a successful student will have knowledge and experience enough to take the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) exam.
Course Outcomes:

Recover lost information, especially in case you lost your password.
Perform penetration testing to strengthen computer and network security.
Apply adequate preventative measures in place to prevent security breaches.
Harden a computer system that prevents malicious hackers from gaining access.

Course Topics:

Phases of Penetration Testing
Foot printing
Scanning
Enumeration
System Hacking
Viruses, Trojans, and worms
Sniffing Traffic
Social Engineering
Denial of Service
Session Hacking and Hacking Web Servers
Web Applications
SQL Injection
Wireless and Mobile Hacking
Buffer Overflows
Cryptography

Course Attribute(s): None