CIS2203 — Ethical Hacking & Systems Defense
3 Credits This course teaches ethical hacking by means of penetration testing techniques that students will learn to use to identify and test the vulnerabilities of computers and networks with the goal of determining the best defense strategies Course Availability: all Semester Only (PLO 3, 4, 5 ) Analyze threats to servers/networks such as denial of service attacks, password brute force attacks, etc. (PLO 3, 4, 5 ) Analyze threats to websites including, but not limited to, SQL injections, cross site scripting attacks, etc. (PLO 3, 4, 5 ) Effectively use penetration tools to identify and analyze vulnerabilities (PLO 1, 2, 4, 6) Successfully resolve a series of security attacks in a virtual Cyber Range (PLO 1, 2, 4, 6, 7)
Prerequisites: CIS1623