Penetration Testing and Cyber Red Teaming
CMIT 386 | 3 Credits
Course Desc: (Designed to help prepare for the CompTIA PenTest+ certification exam). Prerequisite: CMIT 291 or CMIT 391 (or CompTIA Linux+ or Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1 certification) AND CMIT 321 (or EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker certification). An introduction to the concepts and skills necessary to perform penetration testing and red teaming. The goal is to use penetration testing techniques focused on the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES) including pre-engagement interactions, intelligence gathering, threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, exploitation, post-exploitation, and reporting¿to perform a penetration test and present findings to management. Topics include tools, such as KALI Linux and the Metasploit Framework, that can be used for penetration testing and strategies for red teaming.
