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Ethical Hacking

Undergraduate | TAS-ZAT215 | 2021

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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
No ATAR needed,
No prior study
Duration
12 weeks

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Ethical Hacking

About this subject

  • Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

    1. Identify, apply and evaluate tools and techniques to carry out ethical hacking
    2. Analyse and evaluate the ethical and legal constraints of hacking
    3. Analyse cybersecurity principles to communicate innovations or solutions in dynamic practice situations
    4. Apply cyber- security principles to communicate innovations or solutions in dynamic practice situations

Entry requirements

No entry requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
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