The Internet has allowed researchers, organisations and entities of all sorts to become more effective and efficient. This has enabled an unprecedented exchange of ideas, information, and culture among previously unconnected individuals and groups. However, this ubiquitous connectivity opens the cyber space to the greatest risks. As the networks increase in size, reach and functions, their growth empowers both law-abiding citizens and hostile actors. The aim of this programme is to provide a detailed understanding of the systems vulnerabilities, how attackers take advantage of these vulnerabilities and practical techniques of mitigating the effects of attacks. The programme has a very strong practical flavour. Students will be shown how to find vulnerabilities, perform ethical hacking and devise strategies for securing their systems. All the practical experiments to be done in this module will be on simulated environment.
The aims of this module are to:
- Introduce students to the information security and ethical hacking principles
- Give students a thorough understanding of the theoretical and practical issues involved in ethical hacking
Provide students with sound knowledge of security protocols, strategies for finding vulnerabilities and securing systems
Introduction to Ethical Hacking
Nurturing ethical hacking mindset
Enumeration, Scanning, Footprinting
Evading Intrusion Detection Systems and Firewalls
Hacking HTTP, web browsers (client side) and websites (server side)
Operating System hacking and low level exploits
Malware
Sniffers and session hijacking
Hacking wireless and local networks
Services vulnerabilities
Securing known vulnerable services
Penetration testing methodologies and vulnerability management and defect reporting
The course delivery involves a combination of lectures and labs which may incorporate the use of blended learning techniques as appropriate throughout the delivery.
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |