As well as traditional lectures learners will undertake various laboratory exercises. Learners will be expected to actively participate in class and work throughout each scheduled lab session to accomplish assigned tasks.
Module Aim:
To provide learners with a theoretical knowledge and the practical skills to automate cybersecurity tasks such as network traffic manipulation and Web application and network infrastructure fingerprinting.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to:
LO1
Applying programming concepts to automate cybersecurity tasks.
LO2
Utilise programming language and libraries for network traffic manipulation
LO3
Utilise programming language features and libraries for Web application and network infrastructure fingerprinting and reconnaissance
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module.
No incompatible modules listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed.
No requirements listed
Module Content & Assessment
Indicative Content
Scripting Essentials
Environment processing, Argument processing, Piping, teeing, globbing, and process control, Interacting with daemon processes.
Interacting with running OS processes and tasks:
Sending input data to running processes, Capturing output from running processes
Analysis of output data:
Understanding scripting data structures, I/O: files, streams, and databases.
Applying DRY principles to scripting:
functions, modules, and packages, Log processing, fingerprinting and reconnaissance.
Assessment Breakdown
%
Project
100.00%
No Continuous Assessment
Project
Assessment Type
Assessment Description
Outcome addressed
% of total
Assessment Date
Project
Project on content up to week 5
1,2
30.00
Week 5
Project
Project on content up to week 8
1,2,3
30.00
Week 8
Project
Project on content up to week 12
1,2,3
40.00
Week 13
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment