The Development of an Applied Ethical Hacking and Security Assessment Course
Jacob Young, Kerstyn N Campbell, Angelica Fanti, Samantha Ann Johnson, Zachary Sells, Alex Sutter · Journal of the Association for Information Systems · 2017
Information security education in higher education has made substantial progress.However, despite advancements in pedagogy and the technology used in the classroom, students often yearn for more applied opportunities.Further, small businesses are likely to have inadequate information security postures due to limited budgets and expertise.In order to address both issues, we have developed and are currently piloting an advanced course in ethical hacking which allows students to perform security assessments for local businesses.This paper will assist academics in the implementation of similar courses, which not only improves security education for students, but can also increase opportunities for local businesses to receive affordable security assessments.