CSCI 6658 - Ethical Hacking

Prerequisites: CSCI 6610 or CSCI 6617 or CSCI 6651, CSCI 6622, CSCI 6646. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the exciting world of ethical hacking (a.k.a. system penetration) tools and techniques, which have become commonly used by system administrators and networking specialists to secure their systems. The goal of the course is to expose students to groundbreaking methodologies in conducting thorough information security analysis as well as advanced penetration-testing techniques. This course is deeply technical in nature. Students taking this course will be able to perform intensive assessments to effectively identify, exploit, and mitigate risks to the security of an organization's infrastructure. It will be hands-on where students will use up-to-date tools like Kali-Linux and Metasploit. Students may also be required to implement their own prototypes or reproduce exploits. 3 credits.