CIST 2613 Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing

This course teaches students the skills needed to obtain entry-level security specialist jobs. It provides a hands-on introduction to ethical hacking, and penetration testing.  It is for individuals who want to enhance their information security skill set and help meet the growing demand for security professionals.  Topics include network and computer attacks, footprinting and social engineering, port scanning, enumeration, OS vulnerabilities, hacking web servers, hacking wireless networks, cryptography and network protection systems.
 

Credits

4

Prerequisite

CIST 1601 - Information Security Fundamentals

Corequisite

None

Lab Contact Hours

60

Lecture Contact Hours

30

Total Contact Hours

90