2025-2026 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog

CET 477 Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing

Awareness of security related issues and the essential skills needed to implement and maintain security in networks. Methods of discovering ways of exploiting vulnerabilities to gain access to a system. Understanding of flaw identification, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and families of attacks. Two hour lecture and two hour laboratory, course meets four hours per week.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

Cross listed as CYS 477. No credit given to students for CET 477 with credit for CYS 477.

Prerequisite

CET 459 (C- or higher) or CYS 459 (C- or higher)

Offered

  • Fall and Spring