Course Descriptions

Course Number: CS 428

Course Name: Hacking Exposed

Number of Credit Hours: 2 Credits

Prerequisite(s): CS 376 

Corequisite(s): N/A

Course Description: 

This course is an intensive laboratory-based study of Internet Security, with hands-on and in-depth practices with the various tools and techniques used by hackers to compromise computer systems or otherwise, interfere with normal network and computing operations. The purpose of the course is NOT to teach students how to become a hacker, but rather, to teach students the approaches used by hackers so that students can better defend against them now and in the future.