CYB 336 - Ethical Hacking

CYB 101, CSC 335. (4)

Introduction to both theoretical and practical aspects of network security, operational security, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and system hardening. Key topics include the fundamentals of confidentiality, integrity and authentication, as well as techniques for footprinting, scanning and assessing vulnerabilities in systems and applications. Students explore system remediation, the application of security policies, and the use of host and network-level firewalls, along with intrusion detection and prevention systems. Graded ABCDE