Schedule
All dates are subject to change
Date | Class Topic | Notes |
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021 | Welcome & Introduction | |
Thursday, January 14, 2021 | Lab 1: VM Setup (Kali, Metasploitable2) | |
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 | Penetration Testing: Overview | |
Thursday, January 21, 2021 | Penetration Testing: Reconnaissance Lab 2: Reconnaissance |
Last Day to Withdraw without a 'W' (22nd) |
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 | Penetration Testing: Scanning | |
Thursday, January 28, 2021 | Lab 3: Scanning with Nmap | |
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 | Penetration Testing: Vulnerability Scanning | Presentation Proposal Due |
Thursday, February 4, 2021 | Lab 4: Vulnerability Scanning | |
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 | Penetration Testing: Exploitation | |
Thursday, February 11, 2021 | Lab 5: Exploitation | |
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 | Penetration Testing: Exploitation 2 | |
Thursday, February 18, 2021 | Lab 6: Post-Exploitation | |
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 | Bonus Topic: NAT and Slipstream Attacks | Presentation Video & Slides Due |
Thursday, February 25, 2021 | NICE Challenge Labs Lab 7: NICE Challenge - Password Testing |
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021 | Penetration Testing: Social Engineering | |
Thursday, March 4, 2021 | "The Dark Arts of Social Engineering" Lab 8: Social Engineering |
Presentation Peer Reviews Due |
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 | No Class - Spring Break | |
Thursday, March 11, 2021 | No Class - Spring Break | |
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 | Project Discussion Lab 9: NICE Challenge - Professor Shafer Special |
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Thursday, March 18, 2021 | Network Security Devices (Firewalls, IDS, Honeypots) | |
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 | Lab 10: NICE Challenge - Foolish Firewall Configurations | |
Thursday, March 25, 2021 | Penetration Testing: Physical Security | Project Checkpoint #1 Due Last Day to Withdraw (25th) |
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 | Lab 11: NICE Challenge - Incoming Zero Day! Prepare The IDS/IPS! | |
Thursday, April 1, 2021 | Cryptography: Intro, One Time Pads, Block Ciphers | |
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 | Cryptography: Stream Ciphers, Nonce and IVs | |
Thursday, April 8, 2021 | Cryptography: Key Exchange, Public Key Cryptography, Authentication | Project Checkpoint #2 Due |
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 | Cryptography: Libraries Lab 12: NaCL Cryptography Programming |
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 | Cryptography: Hashes and Passwords | |
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | Cryptography: Random Number Generation Project group discussion? (Password cracking, etc...?) |
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Thursday, April 22, 2021 | Project Work Day | |
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 | TBA | Last Day of Class Project Report Due |