Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Enrollment deadline: January 20th, 2025
Cybersecurity Lab (Offensive Tools)
This hands-on course explores common and specialized security tools for penetration assessments. Students will have the opportunity to create their own custom tool or an extension to a known tool.
What you can learn.
- Examine cybersecurity concerns and threats
- Learn how to recognize and describe cyber compliance
- Discuss best practices for contextualizing past and current cyber threats
About this course:
This hands-on course explores common and specialized security tools used during penetration assessments. Beginning with an overview of the offensive attack profile, the risks associated and the strategy behind penetration testing, students will complete progressive exercises on the offensive steps taken during a professional penetration test. Topics covered will include setting up virtual machines for testing, testing methodologies, vulnerability scanning, exploitation, Metasploit and cross-site scripting (CSS). Students will have the opportunity to create their own custom tool or an extension to a known tool.Winter 2025 Schedule
Spring 2025 Schedule
Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Enrollment deadline: April 6th, 2025
Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Enrollment deadline: April 6th, 2025
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