CSEC 287B - Security Analysis

Credits: 3

Description
Conduct a vulnerability analysis upon a network in order to practice or refine the attack methodologies with the hacker tools and techniques to which the student was exposed during the various program courses. Prepare a written report of the security design, attack methodology, tools, and techniques. Focus on testing and the documentation process in order to prepare post-test reports.

Student Learning Outcomes

Evaluate the importance of each principle of security.
Analyze common security failures and determine specific design principles that have been violated.
Recommend formal security policy models to real world scenarios.
Analyze system components and assess how they will interact in a composed system.
Create post-test written reports.
Perform vulnerability assessments to include all written reports.

Prerequisite: CIT 274B or CSEC 281B with a grade of C or better; or Instructor approval
Corequisite: None

Graded: Letter Grade