CNT 275 - Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment

1. Ethical considerations of penetration testing
2. Lab setup
3. Methodologies and frameworks
4. Information gathering
5. Vulnerability identification and exploitation
6. Attacks: families, discovery, and vectors
7. Careers in ethical hacking

1. Describe the importance of ethics in penetration testing and discuss relevant laws. (1)
2. Configure a penetration testing and vulnerability assessment test lab. (2)
3. Describe the major methodologies for conducting a penetration test. (3)
4. Perform active and passive information gathering. (4)
5. Identify vulnerabilities and use common tools to exploit them. (5)
6. Describe families of attacks, attack surfaces, and attack vectors. (6)
7. Discuss relevant certifications and careers in ethical hacking. (7)