CIS331 Computer Security Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities
This course covers the concepts and principles of information security threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities. The course includes important topics related to indicators of compromise, types of malware, types of attacks, types of vulnerabilities; types of threat actor and attributes; penetration testing; vulnerability scanning and the impact associated with vulnerabilities. This course directly maps to the objectives and outcomes of the official CompTIA Security+ certification exam. This course is also designed based on DHS/NSA's Center of Academic Excellence criteria and Knowledge Units (KUs), as indicated in parentheses after each course learning outcome (CLO).