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Sep 12, 2024
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CIS 450 - Penetration Testing5 Credits Students begin by reviewing the five fundamentals: information gathering, scanning, enumeration, exploitation and reporting. They will examine actual exploitation techniques and the business practices needed to prevent the same. Students follow the majors steps of a penetration testing engagement through the class.
Pre-requisite(s) CIS 370 and CIS 320 w/ min. 2.0 Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program BAS - CIS FeesAcademic Technology Fee
Quarters Typically Offered Designed to Serve For students admitted to the BAS program in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics. Active Date 20240401T16:35:00
Grading Basis Decimal Grade Class Limit 24 Contact Hours: Lecture 44 Lab 22 Total Contact Hours 66 Degree Distributions: ProfTech Course Yes Restricted Elective Yes Course Outline
- Define Penetration Testing
- Laws and relevant regulations
- Business Practices and Policies
- Common tooling and methodologies for:
- Information Gathering
- Scanning
- Enumeration
- Exploitation
- Reporting
- Hardening and Testing Systems
- Exploits and Payloads
- Exploiting Default Configurations
- Hardening and Retesting Systems
- Reporting to the Client / Management
Student Learning Outcomes Explain the relevant laws, governance, and compliance regulations concerning penetration testing
Explain the use cases, quantitative outcomes, and industry fundamentals of penetration testing
Effectively harden and test the security state of systems using standard tools
Research and report on cybersecurity threat actors such as advanced persistent threats
Generate penetration testing reports that explain how penetration testing techniques affect the related security layers to computing systems
Understand the various tactics, techniques, and procedures used by penetration testers and attackers including application, network, and privileged account exploitation
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