INSE 435 Hacker Tools and Techniques

Discover the history of hacking and understand the difference between ethical and black-hat hacking in this course. Examine how attackers target networks and the methods they use including footprinting, port scanning, enumeration, malware, sniffers, denial of service, and social engineering. The course provides concepts in incident response, defensive technologies and common approaches to defense. Concepts are reinforced through hands on labs and a project.

Credits

5

Prerequisite

INSE 400

Washington Technology University

Syllabus

INSE 435 : Hacker Tools and Techniques

5 Credits

Approved: 7/3/2018 11:33:05 AM

Course Description

Discover the history of hacking and understand the difference between ethical and black-hat hacking in this course. Examine how attackers target networks and the methods they use including footprinting, port scanning, enumeration, malware, sniffers, denial of service, and social engineering. The course provides concepts in incident response, defensive technologies and common approaches to defense. Concepts are reinforced through hands on labs and a project.