Midterm evaluation

This week’s topics

Midterm evaluation

1. Midterm assessment of the criteria taught so far
2. Individual feedback and targets

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Describe what is meant by penetration testing/ethical hacking.
• 1.2 Explain how penetration testing is connected to the broader notion of security testing.
• 1.3 Explain the differences between white box, grey box, and black box penetration testing.
• 1.4 Analyse the key stages of penetration testing, including reconnaissance, scanning, vulnerability assessment, exploitation, and reporting.
• 1.5 Critically evaluate the benefits of penetration testing from a variety of perspectives.
• 2.1 Outline the key information that is collected as part of the reconnaissance stage.
• 2.2 Explain the purposes of reconnaissance, enumeration, and scanning for penetration testing.
• 2.3 Use industry-standard software tools to perform active and passive enumeration.
• 2.4 Use industry-standard software tools and databases to perform scanning.

Activity

Midterm assessment task and individual feedback.

Study materials