INFO 2806 - Network Attacks, Intrusions, and Penetration Testing

4.5 Credits

This course covers attack and intrusion methods and how to defend against them. By studying network security from the point of view of the cracker and hacker, students get hands-on exposure to penetration testing and intrusion detection systems as well as methods used to circumvent systems, malicious code and its impact on systems, and defense against attacks.

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Explain hacking methodology and conduct reconnaissance.
Explain and use scanning tools.
Identify entry points to systems.
Explain and identify spoofing and session hijacking.
Explain and identify device hijacking and Trojan Horse attacks.
Explain and identify denial-of-service attacks and buffer overflows.
Explain programming exploits.
Explain and identify vulnerability in mail, Web applications, Windows and Linux.
Explain and plan incident handling.

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