Lecture: 2 hours/week
Seminar: 2 hours/week
The methods of instruction for this course will include lectures, seminars, demonstrations, and hands-on assignments/projects.
- Flow control
- Handling User Input/Output
- Strings and Regular Expressions
- Functions
- Lists/Tuples/Arrays/Collections
- File Input/Output
- Error handling and debugging approaches
- Batch processes, tasks, and reports for cyber security practices
- Scripts in Bash, Python and PowerShell
- Systems Administration automation in Linux and Windows
- Screen/web scraping and other custom reconnaissance methods
- Log file Analysis and Automation
- Command line integration and extension of tools in cybersecurity
At the end of this course, the successful student will be able to:
- Apply basic knowledge of the Linux operating system command-line utilities with bash scripting for text processing to retrieve, process and automate.
- Apply scripting languages in Windows and Linux to common security tasks.
- Apply scripting knowledge to solve problems of automation and integration within the context of systems administration and cybersecurity.
- Implement systems automation using Bash, PowerShell and Python.
- Apply security best practices and auditing for script coding and implementation.
- Explain, analyze and implement log file analysis.
- Implement various scripts to call external services such as WinRM, ssh, and web services.
- Automate screen scraping for Web Applications.
- Analyze, develop and implement third party modules in PowerShell and Python for information security related software.
Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy.
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Assignments/Labs |
10% - 20% |
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Midterm exam(s)* |
30% - 40% |
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Final Exam* |
30% - 40% |
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Research Project |
0% - 10% |
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Total |
100% |
* Practical hands-on computer exam
In order to pass the course, students must, in addition to receiving an overall course grade of 50%, also achieve a grade of at least 50% on the combined weighted examination components (including quizzes, tests, exams).
Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.
Course Materials to be provided by the instructor and/or approved textbooks from the department