July 2023 University Catalog

IT-FPX4071 Cyber Attacks and Ethical Hacking

Learners in this course use techniques and common utilities to develop their understanding of how hackers attack computers and networks. Learners investigate security threats and ways that system vulnerabilities are exploited to attack systems. In addition, learners identify Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), ethical hacking techniques, sniffers, protocols, social engineering, vulnerability analysis, and penetration testing to ensure infrastructure security.

Program Points

3

Prerequisite

IT-FPX2280, IT-FPX4803