January 2026 University Catalog

IT-FPX4071 Cyber Attacks and Ethical Hacking

Students in this course use techniques and common utilities to develop their understanding of how hackers attack computers and networks. Students investigate security threats and ways that system vulnerabilities are exploited to attack systems. In addition, students 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