Syllabus

CS530 main class

Labs

Steganography

Public key infrastructure

Packet sniffing

Authentication

Authorization

Firewalls

Intrusion detection

Software security

Vulnerability assessment

Last lab

Instructions

Slides

Materials:

Penetration testing:

Readings:

Penetration Testing 101

Ethical Hacking

Ethical hacking basics

Penetration Testing Guide

Conducting a Penetration Test on an organization

Tools and frameworks:

Introduction to Nessus
 - part 1
 - part 2
 - part 3

List of tools

metasploit

Suggested Books:

Hacking Exposed, 4th Edition

Hack IT: Security through penetration testing, Addison Wesley

Vulnerability assessment:

Readings:

Network and host based vulnerability assessment

SANS top 20 vulnerabilities

Vul scanning with Nessus - Part I, Part II

Tools and frameworks:

Nessus, sara

Product comarions and other resources:

Comparsion of various commercial and open source vul scanners

Another comparison

OVAL

Forensics:

Electronic Evidence Informaton Center