Ethical Hacking

This course prepares students to explain the ethical principles, legal aspects and methodology of penetration testing, carry out reconnaissance, scanning and vulnerability exploitation ethically in a controlled environment, and evaluate penetration test results and recommend defence strategies. Study materials: Security (SEC).

Topics

1. Ethics, legal aspects and scope of ethical hacking
2. Penetration testing methodology
3. Reconnaissance and information gathering
4. Scanning and enumeration
5. Vulnerability exploitation in a controlled environment
6. Privilege escalation
7. Penetration test reporting and defence recommendations

Each course outcome derives from one programme outcome.

1. CPMK-KSMI-02

   Students are able to evaluate security by appropriately applying defence strategies to infrastructure and mobile devices.

   CPLP02
2. CPMK-KSMI-01

   Students are able to design and implement modern computing architectures by making use of artificial intelligence, multimedia and data integrity

   CPLP02

CPLP02

Design and evaluate modern computing system architectures that integrate artificial intelligence, multimedia and data integrity, and apply cyber defence strategies to infrastructure and mobile devices.