Software Security Testing
CYOP 460 | 3 Credits
Course Desc: (Formerly SDEV 460.) Prerequisite: SDEV 425. A hands-on study of exploits, attacks, and techniques used to penetrate application security defenses and strategies for mitigating such attacks. The objective is to apply appropriate methodologies for software penetration testing to identify application weaknesses and logic flaws and to test and create scripts for exploitation and discovery. Topics include web architecture, application infrastructure, reconnaissance, discovery, mapping, and exploitation. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CYOP 460 or SDEV 460.