CNET 173 - Ethical Hacking

    Recent Professors
    Steven L. Bolt
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    30 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    Accepted For Credit: CSU Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters, Every Year This course introduces the network security specialist to the various methodologies for attacking a network. Students are introduced to the concepts, principles, and techniques--supplemented by hands-on exercises--for attacking and disabling a network. These methodologies are presented within the context of properly securing the network. The course emphasizes network attack methodologies with the emphasis on student use of network attack techniques and tools and appropriate defenses and countermeasures. Students receive course content information through both lecture and demonstration of hacking tools. Students receive a hands-on practical approach in penetration testing measures and ethical hacking. Students are expected to have access to a computer with Internet access outside of class. (GC)