This 40-hour course provides an in-depth understanding of how to effectively protect computers and computer networks. Candidates will learn the tools and penetration testing methodologies used by penetration testers. In addition, the course provides a thorough discussion of what and who a penetration tester is and how important they are in protecting corporate and government data from cyber-attacks. Candidates will learn updated computer security resources that describe new vulnerabilities and innovative methods to protect networks. Also covered is a thorough update of federal and state computer crime laws, as well as changes in penalties for illegal computer hacking.
The primary objectives of the course are to ensure candidates understand how:
- computer systems are attacked, and how to defend against those attacks.
- to analyze legal questions, ethical dilemmas, and privacy issues related to computer security.
- to use their knowledge of computer security to analyze and suggest means of securing information systems.
- to use their knowledge of computer forensics technology and laws relevant to computer-based crime to analyze various technical challenges, scenarios and cases regarding computer crime.
