Vulnerabilities and Exploits

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Discover how common threat sources actually get exploited, in the world of web security. During this course, you will learn about white hat hackers, social engineers, phishing, social engineering attempts, exploit kits, ransomware, state sponsored hacking, and bug bounties. See how web-based applications have become more popular and what popularity means for data security. Look at Web Application Firewalls (WAFs), and how they protect web applications. Identify disaster recovery terms, such as BCP, DRP, RTO, and RPO. As a review exercise, you will describe how malicious users use tools to exploit vulnerabilities.

Target Audience
Individuals and organizations interested in improving security at all IT levels, and security auditors

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Vulnerabilities and Exploits

start the course

describe what white hat hackers are and how they can help ameliorate the security of a business or product

describe what social engineering is and why it can be so dangerous

specify how phishing can affect the security of a business

recognize deceptive e-mail messages

describe how exploit kits can be used to take advantage of vulnerabilities in operating systems and applications

define ransomware attacks and how they can affect sensitive data

describe how the influence of governments in hacking incidents has become a large issue for IT security

specify how bug bounties can help result in more exploits being found and fixed

describe how web-based applications have gained more popularity and what implications for data security they have

describe how WAFs can protect web applications

list and define disaster recovery terms such as BCP, DRP, RTO, and RPO

dsecribe how malicious users use tools to exploit vulnerabilities

Course Number:
sp_exsd_a02_it_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner