Vulnerability Analysis & Control, IT-S 443
About this Course:
This course addresses hands-on ethical hacking, penetration testing, detection of malicious probes and their prevention. It provides students with in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge of the vulnerabilities of networks of computers including the networks themselves, operating systems and important applications. Integrated with the lectures are laboratories focusing on the use of open source and freeware tools; students will learn in a closed environment to probe, penetrate and hack other networks.
Prerequisites:
IT-O 440 Network+ Certification Training or equivalent experience. It is recommended, but not required, that students also take IT-S 448 Cyber Security Technologies prior to or in parallel with this course.
Expected Outcomes:
- Understand various proposed security methodologies
- Analyze the overall vulnerability protections to new attacks
- Use fundamental knowledge to propose secure systems
Course Outline:
- Networks and vulnerabilities
- Wireless networks and vulnerabilities
- Operating system and vulnerabilities
- Virtual machines and vulnerabilities
- Database, Email and Web vulnerabilities
- Footprinting, port scanning, sniffing and enumeration
- Exploits and Penetration testing and tools
- Programming
- Scripting and shell coding
- Passive and active analysis
- Exploiting vulnerabilities
- Mitigating vulnerabilities
- Malware Analysis
CEU:
5.4
Presented By:
William Lidinsky
Kevin Vaccaro
As an International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) Authorized Provider, the Professional Learning Programs department of the IIT School of Applied Technology (SAT) offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.