CYSE 450

Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing

This course introduces the basic terminologies used in ethical hacking and useful tools in
relation to penetration testing on Kali Linux. Students will learn to explore the
vulnerabilities in various systems and operate the industry-leading tools and framework to
perform the penetration testing on different target systems.

Vatsa, S. (2024). Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testion Syllabus. Old Dominion University Canvas.

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to (Vatsa, 2024):

• Complete system hacking
• Know the basics of ethical hacking
• Understand the laws that govern ethical hacking
• Complete scanning and enumeration
• Test and breach web applications and data servers
• Write scripts using Bash and Python
• Complete a penetration test and report

Course Material

Reconnaissance and Footprinting Lab:

Vulnerability Scan Lab:

Packet Sniffing Lab: