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Level 5 Diploma in Cyber Security

Ethics and professional standards: confidentiality and integrity, EC-Council and ISACA codes, responsible disclosure

CYB501 · Security Testing — Week 11 of 16

CourseCYB501
Week11 of 16
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This week’s topics

Ethics and professional standards: confidentiality and integrity, EC-Council and ISACA codes, responsible disclosure

  1. Ethics and professional standards: confidentiality and integrity, EC-Council and ISACA codes, responsible disclosure
  2. Legal considerations (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS), scope, rules of engagement and NDAs

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Describe a range of existing professional codes of ethics.
  • 4.2 Explain the importance of professional ethics and standards in penetration testing.
  • 4.3 Analyse the legal considerations in conducting security tests.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe a range of existing professional codes of ethics.

Study materials

The teaching notes, exercises and videos of this week are in the student portal. Your portal is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance, so you can open them before the semester starts.
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Course plan
  • Week 1: The need for security testing: definition and benefits for …
  • Week 2: Security testing approaches: SAST and code review, DAST, IA…
  • Week 3: Web application security: key features from a security pers…
  • Week 4: OWASP Top Ten web risks (injection, XSS, insecure design, b…
  • Week 5: Web security tools lab: Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP and vulnerabi…
  • Week 6: Evaluating web security tools: strengths and limitations, a…
  • Week 7: Mobile ecosystem: app architecture and storage, iOS vs. And…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Mobile vulnerabilities: OWASP Mobile Top 10, jailbreaking a…
  • Week 10: Mobile security analysis: CVSS scoring, remediation strateg…
  • Week 11: Ethics and professional standards: confidentiality and inte…
  • Week 12: Applying Security Testing in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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