COURSE OVERVIEW DESCRIPTION

• The main objective of this course is to provide the foundations of network security standards applications, and present some of the attacks and defense solutions.

• The goal is to expose students to the knowledge and capabilities to start applying security best practices and supporting network security using various tools.

• The topics will cover the protocols for cybersecurity, ethical hacking, ethics, security fundamentals, scanning networks, system hacking, attacks, and defense.

Outcomes

• Introducing the foundations of network security standards, and their applications.

• Understanding scanning networks, and system hacking.

• Gaining knowledge on applying security best practices and supporting network security using various tools.

• Identifying the increasing threat of exploiting an existing bug or vulnerability in Ethical Hacking with some basic hands-on experience.

• Understanding the difference between Ethical Hacking and illegal Hacking in terms of breaching a security system and detecting potential security threats.