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Network Exploits and Vulnerabilities FSCT 8590

Forensic Investigation Course

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International Fees

International fees are typically three times the amount of domestic fees. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.

Course details

The course covers a wide range of topics from common vulnerabilities and tools that are used to exploit, to incident response and handling. Addresses theoretical and practical issues in malicious programs and scripts, stegonagraphy, worms and different types of network exploits and attacks.

Prerequisite(s)

Credits

3.0

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Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Plan and use exploit code and hacker tools for the purposes of gaining an understanding of network vulnerabilities.
  • Plan and use monitoring and scanning tools to identify system vulnerabilities.
  • Plan and use security tools to protect information and systems.
  • Plan and use freely available tools and off-the-shelf hardware to sniff wireless traffic and compromise 802.11 networks.
  • Plan and use popular frameworks such as Metasploit to penetrate and test systems vulnerabilities.
  • Plan and use popular frameworks such as Metasploit to penetrate and test systems vulnerabilities.

Effective as of Winter 2018

Related Programs

Network Exploits and Vulnerabilities (FSCT 8590) is offered as a part of the following programs:

School of Computing and Academic Studies

  1. Forensic Investigation (Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Option)
    Advanced Certificate Part-time
  2. Forensic Investigation (Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Option)
    Bachelor of Technology Full-time/Part-time

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