CBSY 101 - Ethical Hacking

3 Credit: (2 lecture, 1 lab, 0 clinical) 3 Contact Hours: [CBSY 100 ]

This course will prepare students for a job in cybersecurity by giving students the knowledge and skills required to plan and scope a penetration testing engagement including vulnerability scanning, understand legal and compliance requirements, analyze results, and produce a written report with remediation techniques. Students will be prepared to take the CompTIA PenTest+ certification exam.
Semesters Offered: spring semesters

Course Goals/ Objectives/ Competencies:
Goal 1: Explore planning and scoping.

Summarize techniques that emphasize governance.
Apply risk and compliance concepts.
Demonstrate an ethical hacking mindset.

Goal 2: Perform information gathering and vulnerability scanning.

Demonstrate vulnerability scanning and passive/active reconnaissance.
Analyze results of reconnaissance exercises.
Manage vulnerabilities.

Goal 3: Handle attacks and exploits.

Explore approaches to expanded attack surfaces.
Identify social engineering techniques.
Perform attacks on networks, wireless, application-based, and cloud technologies.
Implement post-exploitation techniques.

Goal 4: Manage reporting and communication.

Discuss the importance of reporting and communication in a regulatory environment.
Analyze findings of pen testing.
Utilize pen testing findings to recommend appropriate remediation.

Goal 5: Investigate tools and code analysis.

Identify scripts in software deployments.
Analyze a script or code sample.
Explain use cases of various tools used during the phases of penetration testing.