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CYS526 Cyber Attacks and Defense

• Department Cybersecurity
• Level Graduate
• Format Online
• Credits 3

Description

This course investigates security issues, vulnerabilities, and mechanisms to identify, respond to and prevent cyberattacks and to build active defense systems. The course will follow the formal ethical hacking methodology including reconnaissance, scanning and enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privilege, maintain access and reporting. Ethical Hackers are computer and network experts who attack security systems on behalf of its owners, seeking vulnerabilities that a malicious hacker could exploit.

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Prerequisites

CYS500 Foundations of Cybersecurity

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