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DISCLAIMER: Breaking into computer systems or networks maliciously, or without proper consent from owners and authorities, is absolutely a no-no and prohibited. The purpose of this course IS NOT to teach you how to break into computers systems or networks. The following training presentatations are to inform you of the computer threats and vulnerabilities that exist. The tools that are presented are legal. Most of them are free, are installed on most systems (e.g., Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X), and are commonly used by system administrators, incident handlers and responder, and investigators.

Training Name	Author	Description	Examination	Errata / Notes
Awareness of Computer Security Threats Facing Corporations and Institutes of Higher Education	Christopher Charron	An understanding on why colleges/universities and corporations are so vulnerable to security threats with statistics and trends.	Available	None
First Steps to Becoming A Hacker: A Tutorial of the Most Basic Security Tools	Eric Weber	Tools that are discussed: ping, ipconfig/ifconfig, traceroute, netstat, ps/pslist, tcpdump/WinDump, whois, nmap	Available	See disclaimer above
Phishing	Pavan Nyama	A short tutorial on how not to get hooked onto phishing scams, and how to spot them before it's too late.	Available (on presentation)	On examination, question 2: (B) and (C) are legitimate answers
Security Software for N00bs	Aaron Rosenberg	No one is looking out for you. Discussion includes anti-virus software, firewalls, operating system updates, and behavioral modification.	Not available yet	Originally titled as "Software Security for N00bs"

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