CNIT 123 - Ethical Hacking & Network Defense
- Recent Professors
- Elizabeth W. Biddlecome, Samuel F. Bowne
- Recent Semesters
- Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025
- Class Size
- 35 students
- Difficulty
- 4.5Moderateout of 10
- Credits
- 3
- Spring 2027 Sections
- View Spring 2027 sections of CNIT 123
- Transfers To
- CSU
- Description
- Learn how hackers attack computers and networks, and how to protect Windows and Linux systems. Legal restrictions and ethical guidelines will be taught and enforced. Students will perform many hands-on labs, both attacking and defending, using port scans, footprinting, buffer overflow exploits, SQL injection, privilege escalation, Trojans, and backdoors. CSU