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.
There is no textbook required and the instructor will distribute the course material in class. For departmental approval, please contact Julia Dreyer, Program Assistant, at jdreyer@bcit.ca. For information on Forensic programs and courses, please visit: bcit.ca/cas/Forensics .
Status
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Full
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
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