IT 262: Certified Ethical Hacking I

Introduces ethical penetration testing methodologies, security scanning, and vulnerability assessment. Topics include footprinting, network reconnaissance, port scanning techniques, enumeration, vulnerability assessment tools, system hacking methodologies, and legal/ethical testing boundaries.

• Ethical hacking methodology: reconnaissance, OSINT gathering, and passive footprinting techniques in IT 262
• Network scanning and enumeration: Nmap scanning flags, banner grabbing, and SNMP enumeration for Certified Ethical Hacking I
• Vulnerability assessment: CVE analysis, CVSS scoring metrics, and automated scanning using Nessus in IT 262
• System exploitation and post-exploitation: privilege escalation, password cracking, and maintaining ethical boundaries at Purdue Global