- Explain the history and current state of hacking and penetration testing, including ethical and legal implications.
- Identify fundamental TCP/IP concepts and technologies related to networking.
- Describe cryptology.
- Identify basic equipment controls, physical area controls, and facility controls.
- Identify common information gathering tools and techniques.
- Analyze how port scanning and fingerprinting are used by hackers.
- Analyze how enumeration is used in conjunction with system hacking.
- Analyze wireless network vulnerabilities exploited by hackers.
- Perform web and database attacks.
- Identify and remove common types of malware from infected systems.
- Identify Trojans, backdoors, and covert communication methods.
- Perform network traffic analysis and sniffing by using appropriate tools.
- Analyze systems using Linux tools.
- Perform incident handling by using appropriate methods.
- Compare and contrast defensive technologies.
In this course, the following VCCS General Education Outcomes are supported:
- Use problem solving skills (#2.6)
- Evaluate information and its sources critically and incorporate selected information into his or her knowledge base (#4.3)
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