Penetration Testing

Prepare for your PenTest+ Certification

Security exploits and vulnerabilities continue to plague IT professionals.Through penetration testing, organizations must establish robust security to protect an organization's information systems from cyber attacks.

Gain the tools and techniques penetration testers use to passively collect data from publicly available sources, including search engines, social media platforms, DNS servers and a target's network. Participants will acquire concrete pen testing tools to directly engage with targeted networks using social engineering techniques and network scanners to acquire data.

CompTIA PenTest+ is the industry standard for evaluating cybersecurity professionals' competence to conduct penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and management.

Course Highlights:

• Planning and Scoping
• Information Gathering and Vulnerability Identification
• Attacks and Exploits
• Penetration Testing Tools
• Reporting and Communication

Course Learning Outcomes:

• Plan and scope an assessment
• Understand legal and compliance requirements
• Perform vulnerability scanning and penetration testing using appropriate tools and techniques
• Analyze the penetration testing results
• Write proposals outlining clear recommendations to implement effective remediation techniques to address system vulnerabilities identified during penetrating testing process

Lab Fee: Students must purchase a uCertify license in order to access uCertify materials for this course. Students license is valid for 4 months.

Course Typically Offered:  Online in winter and summer quarters. 

Prerequisite: A BS in Computer Science, equivalent knowledge and experience, or the course CSE-41363 Cybersecurity Fundamentals.

Next Step: After completing this course consider earning your CompTIA PenTest+ certification. To continue learning, consider taking other courses in our Cybersecurity portfolio to continue learning; CSE-41361 Governance of Enterprise IT or CSE-41359 information Security Management to continue learning.

Note: Students who pass both CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA PenTest+ exams automatically earn their Network Vulnerability Assessment Professional Badge from CompTIA.

Contact: For more information about this course, please email infotech@ucsd.edu.

Course Number: CSE-41360
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)

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6/27/2023 - 8/26/2023

$745

Online

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• SECTION ID:

  174116

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:

  Basta, Alfred (Nigel)

  Alfred (Nigel) Basta, Ph.D., CISM, CPENT, LPT, OSCP, CRTO, CRISC, CISA, CGEIT, CASP+, CYSA, is a professor of mathematics, cryptography, and information security, and the CISO at LivingStones Group as well as a professional speaker on internet security, networking, and cryptography. He is a member of many associations, including ISACA, ECE, and the Mathematical Association of America. Dr. Basta’s publications include Computer Security and Penetration Testing, Mathematics for Information Technology, Linux Operations and Administration, and Database Security. In addition, Dr. Basta is an EC-Council’s CPENT Scheme Committee Board member. He has worked as a faculty member and curriculum advisor for programming and cyber security programs at numerous colleges and universities. ...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 7/3/2023.
  

• NOTE:

• DATE & LOCATION:

  6/27/2023 - 8/26/2023
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.