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CPTR 2101 – Ethical Hacking

Credits: 3

Course Description

This course looks specifically at how attackers target networks, what tools attackers use, and how these techniques can be used by ethical hackers to assess the vulnerability of a network. (This course does not teach network defense.) This course introduces concepts, terminology, and issues, and provides hands-on activities applying a variety of tools and hacking techniques to provide experience in testing the security of a network, and conducting reliable security audits. This course covers the objectives of the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification exam.

Prerequisite(s)

CPTR1147, CPTR1171, CPTR 2214

Lec/Lab/OJT

2/1/0

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