Course Title: Test concepts and procedures for cyber security
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C4424 Certificate IV in Cyber Security
Course Title: Test concepts and procedures for cyber security
Portfolio: Vocational Education
Nominal Hours: 60
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
INTE5059 |
City Campus |
TAFE |
520T Future Technologies |
Face-to-Face or Internet |
Term1 2023, Term1 2024 |
Course Contact: Rakesh Kumar
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 1409
Course Contact Email: rakesh.kumar@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This course describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to implement testing procedures for computer systems in an organisation. The unit examines common threats, ethical hacking principles, and an introduction to penetration testing, social engineering security issues, enumeration, port scanning, foot printing, traffic sniffers and wireless local area network (WLAN) vulnerabilities and also includes treatment of intrusions.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
VU23215 Test concepts and procedures for cyber security |
Elements: |
1 Identify typical cyber security application layer testing methodologies and tools 2 Use networking security testing methodologies, tools and commands 3 Implement the laboratory testing environment 4 Identify common threats and mitigation strategies 5 Demonstrate ethical hacking principles and procedures 6 Identify security vulnerabilities of WLANs 7 Demonstrate basic scripting for a cyber security environment |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements
Overview of Assessment
Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, oral/written presentations and through the application of learned skills and insights. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on CANVAS