ECTS - Penetration Testing
Penetration Testing (CMPE578) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penetration Testing | CMPE578 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The objective of this course is to introduce students to penetration testing concepts and common security challenges about penetration testing process. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Penetration testing concepts, ethical issues in penetration testing, building a testing infrastructure, legal issues with penetration testing, port scanning, vulnerability scanning, exploitation, password attacks, web application penetration testing, wireless penetration testing, reporting of the obtained test results. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to penetration testing | Chapter 1 (Text Book) |
| 2 | Types of penetration tests and ethical hacking projects, Legal issues with penetration testing | Lecture Notes Chapter 1 (Text Book) |
| 3 | Reconnaissance | Chapter 2 (Text Book) |
| 4 | Port scanning | Lecture Notes Chapter 3 (Text Book) |
| 5 | OS Fingerprinting, Vulnerability Scanning | Lecture Notes Chapter 3 (Text Book) |
| 6 | Exploitation, Metasploit Framework | Chapter 4 (Text Book) |
| 7 | Midterm | -- |
| 8 | Password Attacks | Lecture Notes Chapter 9 (Text Book-2) |
| 9 | Social Engineering | Chapter 5 (Text Book) |
| 10 | Web Application Penetration Testing | Lecture Notes Chapter 6 (Text Book) |
| 11 | Web application injection attacks | Chapter 6 (Text Book) |
| 12 | Wireless Penetration Testing | Lecture Notes |
| 13 | Wireless password Cracking | Lecture Notes |
| 14 | Reporting process of the penetration test results | Lecture Notes, Chapter 7 (Text Book) |
| 15 | Review | |
| 16 | Review |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy, Patrick Emgebretson, Syngress Press, Second edition, August 15, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-0124116443 |
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| Other Sources | 2. A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking, by Georgia Weidman June 2014, 528 pp. ISBN: 978-1-59327-564-8. |
| 3. Gray Hat Hacking The Ethical Hackers Handbook, 3rd Edition , Allen Harper, Shon Harris, Jonathan Ness, Chris Eagle, Gideon Lenkey (Author), Terron Williams, third edition, January 6, 2011 | ISBN-10: 0071742557 . |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | 1 | 30 |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 35 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 35 |
| Toplam | 3 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 65 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 35 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | An ability to apply advanced knowledge of computing and/or informatics to solve software engineering problems. | X | ||||
| 2 | Develop solutions using different technologies, software architectures and life-cycle approaches. | X | ||||
| 3 | An ability to design, implement and evaluate a software system, component, process or program by using modern techniques and engineering tools required for software engineering practices. | X | ||||
| 4 | An ability to gather/acquire, analyze, interpret data and make decisions to understand software requirements. | X | ||||
| 5 | Skills of effective oral and written communication and critical thinking about a wide range of issues arising in the context of working constructively on software projects. | |||||
| 6 | An ability to access information in order to follow recent developments in science and technology and to perform scientific research or implement a project in the software engineering domain. | |||||
| 7 | An understanding of professional, legal, ethical and social issues and responsibilities related to Software Engineering. | |||||
| 8 | Skills in project and risk management, awareness about importance of entrepreneurship, innovation and long-term development, and recognition of international standards of excellence for software engineering practices standards and methodologies. | |||||
| 9 | An understanding about the impact of Software Engineering solutions in a global, environmental, societal and legal context while making decisions. | |||||
| 10 | Promote the development, adoption and sustained use of standards of excellence for software engineering practices. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 130 | ||