Feb 21, 2025  
Graduate Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Graduate Catalog 2025-2026

CYSC 626 - Advanced Offensive Security 3 hours


The Advanced Offensive Security course is designed to teach students how to identify, assess, and prevent various types of cyber attacks. This course covers the latest hacking techniques and tools used by attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in computer systems and networks. This course will cover the process of identifying vulnerabilities in target systems or networks, including network mapping, port scanning, and vulnerability scanning, and the process of gathering information about target systems or networks, including user and group enumeration, network services enumeration, and SNMP enumeration.  In addition, you will learn the process of capturing and analyzing network traffic, including packet sniffing, ARP poisoning, and MAC spoofing. Prerequisite(s): CYSC 515 , CYSC 525 , CISS 575 , and CYSC 545 .