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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
CS 181.43 | Title:
CYBER PROGRAMMING |
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| Full Title:
Programming for Cyber Security |
| Last Reviewed:5/10/2021 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 8 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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This course offers an in-depth introduction to programming/scripting languages for system administration, web application auditing, cybersecurity and penetration testing. It provides an overview of modern scripting languages commonly used to build and extend security tools. The course will introduce students to scripting on both the Microsoft and Linux platforms and will include an overview of Powershell, Python, and other languages as the local industry dictates. Students will write programs and scripts to exercise their understanding of tools and concepts.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of CS 81.21 ( or CIS 50.71)
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This course offers an in-depth introduction to programming/scripting languages for system administration, web application auditing, cybersecurity and penetration testing. It provides an overview of modern scripting languages commonly used to build and extend security tools. The course will introduce students to scripting on both the Microsoft and Linux platforms and will include an overview of Powershell, Python, and other languages as the local industry dictates. Students will write programs and scripts to exercise their understanding of tools and concepts.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of CS 81.21 ( or CIS 50.71)
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
Approval and Dates
| Version: | 01 | Course Created/Approved: | 5/10/2021 |
| Version Created: | 11/28/2020 | Course Last Modified: | 2/28/2024 |
| Submitter: | Michael McKeever | Course Last Full Review: | 5/10/2021 |
| Version Status: | Approved New Course (First Version) | Prereq Created/Approved: | 5/10/2021 |
| Version Status Date: | 5/10/2021 | Semester Last Taught: | |
| Version Term Effective: | Fall 2022 | Term Inactive: | Fall 2025 |
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Write, run and execute a script based on user requirements
2. Debug and correct errors in a sample script.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Write simple Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking client and
server scripts and programs
2. Write scripts to simplify system administration tasks
3. Write scripts for cybersecurity and penetration testing
4. Design and implement simple programs from user requirements
Topics and Scope
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1. Introduction to Scripting Languages including PowerShell
2. Python Basics including system administration tasks
3. Setting up your Python Environment
4. TCP/IP Networks and Sockets
5. Scapy and other Tools for Cybersecurity
6. Log Analysis and Processing
7. Web Application Exploitation and penetration testing
8. Vulnerability assessment tasks and tools
9. Command and Control Resources, such as GitHub, Bitbucket
10. Trojaning Windows Systems
Assignments:
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Reading assignments include:
1. Online research of scripting practices and methods
2. Approximately 50 pages weekly from the textbook
Homework problems include:
1. Weekly online discussion thread participation
2. Hands-on exercises to demonstrate proficiency with each topic
3. Online quizzes (5 - 12)
4. Assignments for scripting practices and methods
Other assignments include:
1. Skill demonstration examinations
2. Classroom scenario-based exercises
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
5 - 10% |
| Weekly written online discussions | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
15 - 30% |
| Homework problems, assignments for scripting practices and methods | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
20 - 30% |
| Class performances of scripting practices and methods, and skill demonstration examinations | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
20 - 30% |
| Quizzes and skill demonstration examinations | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 20% |
| Attendance and participation in scenario-based exercises | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Bash Pocket Reference: Help for Power Users and Sys Admins. 2nd ed. Robbins, Arnold. O'Reilly. 2016 (classic)
Black hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters. 11th ed. Seitz, Justin. San Francisco No Starch Press. 2015 (classic)
Introduction to Scripting: National CyberWatch Center Edition. Miller & Ranum. 2017 (classic)
Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches. 3rd ed. Jones, Don and Hicks, Jeffery. Manning Publications Co. 2016 (classic)
A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming. 4th ed. Sobell, Mark G. Prentice Hall. 2017 (classic)
Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers, and Security Engineers. O'Connor, TJ. Waltham, Mass. Elsevier. 2014 (classic)
OTHER REQUIRED ELEMENTS
| Student Preparation |
| Matric Assessment Required: | E | Requires English Assessment |
| Prerequisites-generate description: | A | Auto-Generated Text |
| Advisories-generate description: | A | Auto-Generated Text |
| Prereq-provisional: | N | NO |
| Prereq/coreq-registration check: | Y | Prerequisite Rules Exist |
| Requires instructor signature: | N | Instructor's Signature Not Required |
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| BASIC INFORMATION, HOURS/UNITS & REPEATABILITY |
| Method of instruction: | 02 | Lecture |
| | 71 | Internet-Based, Simultaneous Interaction |
| | 72 | Internet-Based, Delayed Interaction |
| Area department: | CS | Computer Studies |
| Division: | 72 | Arts & Humanities |
| Special topic course: | N | Not a Special Topic Course |
| Program Status: | 1 | Both Certificate and Major Applicable |
| Repeatability: | 00 | Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP |
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| SCHEDULING |
| Audit allowed: | N | Not Auditable |
| Open entry/exit: | N | Not Open Entry/Open Exit |
| Credit by Exam: | N | Credit by examination not allowed |
| Budget code: Program: | 0000 | Unrestricted |
| Budget code: Activity: | 0701 | Computer & Information Science |
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| OTHER CODES |
| Disciplines: | Computer Information Systems |
| Basic Skills: | N | Not a Basic Skills Course |
| Level below transfer: | Y | Not Applicable |
| CVU/CVC status: | Y | Distance Ed, Not CVU/CVC Developed |
| Distance Ed Approved: | Y | Either online or hybrid, as determined by instructor |
| Emergency Distance Ed Approved: | N | |
| Credit for Prior Learning: | N | Agency Exam |
| N | CBE |
| N | Industry Credentials |
| N | Portfolio |
| Non-credit category: | Y | Not Applicable, Credit Course |
| Classification: | Y | Career-Technical Education |
| SAM classification: | C | Clearly Occupational |
| TOP code: | 0708.00 | Computer Infrastructure and Support |
| Work-based learning: | N | Does Not Include Work-Based Learning |
| DSPS course: | N | NO |
| In-service: | N | Not an in-Service Course |
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