ISSC362 IT Security: Attack & Defense MyClassroomPayment Type: TA, Tuition Grant Undergraduate Sep 06, 2021 - Oct 31, 2021 Elliott Lynn : Instructor

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Introduction

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All posts must be a minimum of 250 words. All follow-up posts to your classmates must be a minimum of 150 words for each required post.

This assignment is a formative

assessment for Course

Objective 1.

Part I: Personal Introductions

1) For this assignment create a

new message and introduce

yourself to the class! Please

address the following items in your

introduction...

1) Name you prefer to be called.

2) Your major and year in school.

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Week 2 Discussion

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(46) Carlos Restrepo

September 14 at 7:55 AM

3) Your branch of service and rank

(if military).

4) Your job title and a brief

description of your job.

5) Where you live.

6) Why you are taking this class

and what you hope to learn.

7) Your hobbies.

8) Anything else you would like us

to know about you.

Part II: Hacking - The Way You See It

Instructions:

1.) Express what your current perception or experience is in regards to the topic of hacking.

2.) Do you know what are black hat and white hat hacking? If you do, or do not, explain what they are and how they are different.

3.) Do you consider white hat hacking essential? Why or why not?

Note: This Introduction Discussion is required (serving as your official entry into the course) and students who do not post to this discussion by 11:59 p.m., ET, Sunday will be automatically dropped from the course.

Remember: All posts are due by Sunday, by 11:59 p.m., ET

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Week 3 Discussion

W2: Port Scanning -

Optional

73 (7) Christopher Johnson

September 18 at 10:48 PM

This assignment is a formative assessment for Course Objective 2.

Locate a Port Scanning Tool

For this assignment create a new message and address the following items in your posting...

1. Search the internet or our

course lesson/resources for a

tool used to conduct port

scanning.

2. List the tool's name.

3. List the pros and cons

associated with the tool you

found.

4. Locate an incident in which

the tool was used to exploit

an organization.

5. List the URL and describe the

exploit.

6. Provide the outcome, was the

exploit successful or foiled.

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W3: Web and Database

Attacks

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This assignment is a formative

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Week 4 Discussion

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(8) Marco Tulio Barreto

September 27 at 1:34 AM

assessment for Course Objective 3.

For this week's post please utilize the items described in the lesson/resources or research conducted on the web to ensure your post contains the following;

1. Describe at least three

web server vulnerabilities

and how they are typically

exploited.

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W4: Trojans and Backdoors

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This assignment is a formative assessment for Course Objective 4.

For this week’s post please utilize the items described in the lesson/resources or research conducted on the web to ensure your post contains the following;

1. Describe how an attacker

could use a sniffer in

conjunction with a Trojan

to successfully gain access

to sensitive data.

2. Describe how the attacker

could use the Flaw

Hypothesis Methodology

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Week 5 Discussion

Marco Tulio Barreto

October 3 at 10:08 PM

to potentially gain a

foothold.

1. Some readings:

1. NIST SP 800

Page: F-215-

F217 SI-2

2. NIST(Review but

especially Section

4)

3. Special

Publication

(Review)

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W5: Linux, Live CDs and

Automated Tools

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Marco Tulio Barreto

October 11 at 2:00 AM

This assignment is a formative assessment for Course Objective 5.

For this week’s post please utilize the items described in the lesson/resources or research conducted on the web to ensure your post contains the following;

1. Locate an automated

assessment tool and detail

what attackers use the

tool for, the information it

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Week 6 Discussion

provides, and how

organizations can protect

themselves from it.

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W6: Wireless

Vulnerabilities

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Christopher Johnson

October 16 at 10:26 PM

This assignment is a formative assessment for Course Objective 6.

For this week’s post please utilize the items described in the lesson/resources or research conducted on the web to ensure your post contains the following;

1. Considering that there are

many security concerns

surrounding wireless

networks, and many tools

are freely available, how

does and administrator or

even an individual user go

about ensuring the

security of their wireless

network? List a minimum

of two

methods/techniques, and

explain the rationale for

your decision?

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Week 7 Discussion

Week 8 Discussion

W7: Incident Response

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Steven Schick

October 24 at 11:45 PM

This assignment is a formative assessment for Course Objective 7.

For this week's post please utilize the items described in the lesson/resources or research conducted on the web to ensure your post contains the following;

Consider the phases of incident response listed below. They follow a certain order, but which one(s) do you consider to be the most crucial to the process and why?

1. Incident Identification

2. Triage

3. Containment

4. Investigation

5. Analysis and Tracking

6. Recovery and Repair

7. Debriefing and feedback

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W8: Defensive

Technologies

93 (9) Berkay Cokcalisir

October 30 at 12:56 AM

This assignment is a formative assessment for Course Objective 8.

For this week’s post please utilize the items described in the lesson/resources or research conducted on the web to ensure your post contains the following;

1. Provide examples of the

three types of controls and

how they could be used to

prevent (or slow down)

attackers.

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