#IT-04-17 Ethical Hacking: An Introduction
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- Course level: All Levels
About Course
Coventry UniversityDescription
Explore the principles and methods of ethical hacking
What is ethical hacking? How does it work? What principles do ethical hackers follow? Answer these questions and more with the course introducing ethical hacking. You will have the opportunity to learn the principles of ethical hacking and consider its legal and methodological foundations.
You’ll also explore the processes and legal framework of penetration testing and take part in a simple exploitation exercise in the first of a series of carefully-constructed scenarios designed to develop your ethical hacking skills.
What topics will you cover?
- Introduction to ethical hacking
- Legal aspects of penetration testing
- Penetration testing methodologies
- Practical hacking exercise
Who will you learn with?
Dr Dan Goldsmith is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Coding at Coventry University.
He teaches on the Ethical Hacking course, and his interests include Reverse Engineering, PenTesting and the IOT.
Dr. Christo Panchev is a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security at Coventry University with more than 20 years experience in industry and higher education, research and teaching in A.I. and Cyber Security.
If any problems/Questions email me: ab2216@coventry.ac.uk
Associate Lecturer, MSc Cybersecurity Coventry University Online
Deputy Course Director, Ethical Hacking and Cybersecurity Coventry University
Who developed the course?
Coventry secured gold in the UK Government’s 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and is University of the Year for Student Experience in The Times & The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.
What Will I Learn?
- Explore the principles and aims of penetration testing
- Interpret the legal framework in relation to ethical hacking
- Explore standard penetration testing methodologies
- Perform a simple attack on a target machine
Topics for this course
Welcome to Ethical Hacking
Why are we all here?00:01:03
The big question
Staying within the law
Tales from the field00:07:13
Setting up a virtual lab
Security clearance
Legal frameworks
Linux skills builder
This course was far and above what I was expecting. This was my first time really getting into ethical hacking and lecturers made it easy and fun.
I will definitely recommend it to anyone who has an interest in pushing through this field.
I took this course just out of curiosity, hoping to learn some fun trick here and there but by the end, found myself quite interested in learning more.
Beautifully architectured online course for anyone who is a beginner in the field of ethical hacking.
Material Includes
- Official Certificate
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Target Audience
- This course is for professionals and students who already have some knowledge of computer science – or a related discipline – and want to understand more about ethical hacking principles, practices and legislation.
- This course is the first in the Ethical Hacking program, part of the MSc Cyber Security.