This course is an introduction to hacking tools, techniques, and incident handling. Areas of instruction include an evolution of hacking and penetration testing; the basics of cryptology for information security; footprinting; vulnerability scanning and exploit; wireless, web, and database attacks; malware and system exploit; traffic analysis; incident response; and defensive technologies and controls. In this course, students will learn how to discover vulnerabilities, how to attack and defend systems, how to respond to attacks, and how to identify and design controls to prevent future attacks.  The course is designed to provide a rich learning experience to students through the use of discussions and hands-on exercises on the course material. Learning is reinforced with a course-wide project that provides an opportunity to apply the concepts covered throughout the course to a real-world scenario.

45 Hours