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Cyber Security / Ethical Hacking / Penetration Testing 4,000 words

Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing: Vulnerability Exploitation, Privilege Escalation and Mitigation

This Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing coursework requires students to conduct a practical CTF-style penetration test against a set of authorised target machines and produce a professional technical report documenting the compromise of one selected target. The assessment evaluates practical exploitation skills alongside the ability to analyse risk, explain attack vectors and recommend effective security controls. 8598ba8d8fff5a38af8d427a4ce8f84… The practical element requires students to identify vulnerabilities in multiple target systems, exploit those weaknesses to gain low-privileged access and then perform privilege escalation to obtain root-level access. Successful completion of each stage produces flags, with separate user and root flags contributing directly to the practical marks. Brief descriptions of the attack vectors and payloads used must also be recorded. 8598ba8d8fff5a38af8d427a4ce8f84… The written report focuses in detail on one compromised machine. Students must explain the reconnaissance and vulnerability-identification process, including the techniques used to discover services, web content and potential attack surfaces. The marking criteria specifically recognise appropriate reconnaissance tools such as Nmap and FFUF and reward clear justification of methods and links between reconnaissance results and identified threats. 8598ba8d8fff5a38af8d427a4ce8f84… 8598ba8d8fff5a38af8d427a4ce8f84… A further component requires a formal risk rating for the discovered vulnerabilities. Students should use a recognised risk-classification approach, such as OWASP or SANS, justify the assigned severity and discuss relevant social, legal and ethical considerations. Higher-performing work is expected to connect those considerations directly to the specific vulnerabilities identified. 8598ba8d8fff5a38af8d427a4ce8f84… The exploit section should explain the technical cause of the vulnerability, describe the exploitation process and present relevant example payloads. Mitigation recommendations must then be linked directly to the vulnerabilities discovered, with clear explanations of where the weakness occurs and how it can be remediated. 8598ba8d8fff5a38af8d427a4ce8f84… Overall, the coursework integrates reconnaissance, vulnerability analysis, exploitation, privilege escalation, risk assessment, ethical and legal considerations, technical reporting and defensive mitigation within an authorised penetration-testing environment. Important: this brief states that it is for Coventry University Group students' own use and must not be passed to third parties or posted publicly. 8598ba8d8fff5a38af8d427a4ce8f84… So for your public Reference Library, use an original summary like the one above rather than uploading the assessment brief itself.

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Network Systems and Administration 3,500 words

Network Systems and Administration – Linux System and Network Administration Portfolio

This assessment is an individual portfolio for the Network Systems and Administration unit. It consists of two quizzes and a report based on a case study involving the development, implementation, configuration, testing, maintenance, and evaluation of a network solution using an industry-standard network operating system. The report requires students to justify their design and implementation decisions, provide a detailed testing strategy, develop a maintenance and disaster recovery plan, and critically evaluate the completed solution. The case study concerns Piranha, a small organisation in which the business owner has been maintaining a server containing information relating to finance, management, production, and sales. The student is required to undertake the role of Network Systems Administrator and configure an appropriate Linux-based network environment. The practical work includes creating a new user account with root access, confirming root privileges, verifying access to company files, and configuring group-based access controls for finance, management, production, and sales directories. Students must then establish a client-server network by installing a Linux distribution on a separate virtual machine in VirtualBox. SSH connections are required to verify user access and the configured file permissions. The assessment also requires students to use Wireshark to observe network traffic during SSH sessions, report on packet types and encryption, identify potential security vulnerabilities, and recommend improvements such as SSH keys and unique passwords. A maintenance schedule and a brief disaster recovery or backup strategy must also be proposed. The final report must document the practical work with clear explanations and screenshots showing commands, user accounts, and results. The report should be between 1,500 and 3,500 words. The assessment also includes Linux Essentials and Networking Essentials final grades. The marking criteria cover system and network administration, the maintenance plan, reflection and report writing, screenshots, references, and Harvard referencing.

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