Security - Datamatiker 4. semester

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Curriculum

Self-study in Security

Timing: 4th semester
Scope: 10 ETCS

Content:

This course is self-taught course in Security, students will after this course have an idea about what Ethical Hacking is and how to protect themselves and other from being hacked. They will understand the importance of good security. They will learn and understand the cyber threat against private individuals and companies in Denmark. They will be able to perform penetration test on webpages, systems and WIFI networks. There will be a written assignment/paper related to a topic decided together with the teacher. The teacher will a monthly-meeting with the groups/students.

In this course students will go through these topics:

Wireless network attacks and protection
VPN & DNS
The Dark Web
Man In The Middle attacks and prevention
Wireshark Analysis
Website Hacking and protecting yourselves
SQL Codes and SQL Injections
XSS Vulnerabilities
Social Engineering
Encryption
And much more…

VirtualBox and Kali Linux will be used to demonstrate how the hacks work and how to protect yourself.

Important Notice: All information that is taught in this course is intended to protect yourself or others against attacks. All students should be coming into the course committed to using the information they learn within the legal framework.

Learning Objectives:

Knowledge
The graduate will possess knowledge of:

How to protect themselves against Hackers.
Know how hackers actually hack, both the theory, and the practical.
Know why social engineering is so dangerous.

Skills
The graduate will be able to:

Build their own hacking lab, so that they can work through both the theory and the implementation of real hacks with their own live experiments in their lab.
Have the necessary skills to be able to protect themselves or others against hack attempts
Know how encryption can be bypassed and what you can do to mitigate the risks.
Learn Linux basics and Linux commands and how to interact with the terminal.
Use a sandbox to analyze undetectable malware.
Use programs like ex. Wireshark, VirtualBox and Kali Linux
Perform penetration test on webpages, systems and WIFI networks.

Exam

Form: 30 minutes oral examination.
Assessment: The grade is based upon an overall assessment including the complexity/depth/width of the project and the student’s display of curriculum knowledge at the exam. One grade is given according to the Danish 7-point scale.
Admission requisite: A student must hand in a written project related to the topic.
Examination basis: The student will prepare a (app. ten minutes) presentation of the solution of one of the topics they worked with. Further discussions will be based on the presentation, and a drawn question related to the curriculum.
Consequences of not passing: Reexam (3rd time failed = feed to the dogs)