Schedule
All dates are subject to change
| Date | Class Topic | Notes |
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| Tuesday, January 18, 2022 | Welcome & Introduction | |
| Thursday, January 20, 2022 | Networking Recap Lab 1: VM Setup (Kali, Metasploitable2) |
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| Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | Penetration Testing: Overview | |
| Thursday, January 27, 2022 | Penetration Testing: Reconnaissance Lab 2: Reconnaissance |
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| Tuesday, February 1, 2022 | Penetration Testing: Scanning | Last Day to Withdraw without a 'W' (February 1st) |
| Thursday, February 3, 2022 | Lab 3: Scanning with Nmap | |
| Tuesday, February 8, 2022 | Penetration Testing: Vulnerability Scanning | Presentation Proposal Due |
| Thursday, February 10, 2022 | Lab 4: Vulnerability Scanning | |
| Tuesday, February 15, 2022 | Penetration Testing: Exploitation | |
| Thursday, February 17, 2022 | Lab 5: Exploitation | |
| Tuesday, February 22, 2022 | Penetration Testing: Exploitation 2 | |
| Thursday, February 24, 2022 | Lab 6: Post-Exploitation | |
| Tuesday, March 1, 2022 | Bonus Topic: NAT and Slipstream Attacks | Presentation Video & Slides Due |
| Thursday, March 3, 2022 | NICE Challenge Labs Lab 7: NICE Challenge - Password Testing |
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| Tuesday, March 8, 2022 | Penetration Testing: Social Engineering | |
| Thursday, March 10, 2022 | "The Dark Arts of Social Engineering" Lab 8: Social Engineering |
Presentation Peer Reviews Due |
| Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | No Class - Spring Break | |
| Thursday, March 17, 2022 | No Class - Spring Break | |
| Tuesday, March 22, 2022 | Project Discussion Lab 9: NICE Challenge - Professor Shafer Special |
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| Thursday, March 24, 2022 | Network Security Devices (Firewalls, IDS, Honeypots) | Last Day to Withdraw (March 25th) |
| Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | Bonus Topic: Weaponizing Middleboxes Lab 10: NICE Challenge - Foolish Firewall Configurations |
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| Thursday, March 31, 2022 | Penetration Testing: Physical Security | Project Checkpoint #1 Due |
| Tuesday, April 5 2022 | Lab 11: NICE Challenge - Incoming Zero Day! Prepare The IDS/IPS! | |
| Thursday, April 7, 2022 | Cryptography: Intro, One Time Pads, Block Ciphers | |
| Tuesday, April 12, 2022 | Cryptography: Stream Ciphers, Nonce and IVs | |
| Thursday, April 14, 2022 | Cryptography: Key Exchange, Public Key Cryptography, Authentication | Project Checkpoint #2 Due |
| Tuesday, April 19, 2022 | Cryptography: Libraries Lab 12: NaCL Cryptography Programming |
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| Thursday, April 21, 2022 | Cryptography: Hashes and Passwords | |
| Tuesday, April 26, 2022 | Cryptography: Random Number Generation Project group discussion? (Password cracking, etc...?) |
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| Thursday, April 28, 2022 | Project Work Day | |
| Tuesday, May 3, 2022 | Closing Thoughts & Next Steps | Last Day of Class Project Report Due |