The Hacker Mindset: Cyber Attack Fundamentals

3 units

This course is designed to provide an introductory understanding of how offensive security techniques practically operate. During this course, students will use hacking techniques to compromise systems, collect data, and perform other tasks that fall under the generally understood use of the term hacker. These techniques will be related to risk-based defensive security practices, with a view toward enhancing the student's understanding of what it takes to be a successful defender. By the conclusion of the course, students will have a baseline technical understanding of hacking techniques; they will have executed offensive security operations and increased their technical understanding of what it takes to deal with cyber threats.