COMP 279 - Cybersecurity II

3 Credits: (3 lecture)

Course Description
This course will give students experience using various anti-hacking tools to make the network more secure. Students will explore and defend against network vulnerabilities and hacker exploits. The goal of this second cybersecurity course is to make students much more knowledgeable and well skilled in cybersecurity.  

Note Spring semester only.

Prerequisite COMP 277.

A. Gather network information through reconnaissance, scanning, and enumeration to create countermeasures preventing malicious hacking. 

B. Perform vulnerability assessments to make the network more secure. 

C. Secure a network using data from penetration testing and system hacking. 

D. Guard the network against malware and social engineering. 

E. Defend the network against sniffers and denial of service (DoS) attacks. 

F. Use intrusion detection systems (IDS) and firewalls to harden the network. 

G. Stop attacks against a variety of network resources.

Content
A. Reconnaissance, scanning, and enumeration. 

B. Vulnerability assessments. 

C. Penetrations testing and system hacking. 

D. Malware and social engineering. 

E. Sniffers and DoS attacks. 

F. IDS and firewalls. 

G. Network resources.

Student Evaluation
Objectives A through G will be evaluated with assignments, exams, and a comprehensive final exam.