Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security workshop for school groups

Hacking websites for fun and profit workshop - hacking websites for fun and profit

The increasing dependence on interlinked computing systems means that any attack on such systems can have serious consequences for industry, national infrastructure and our everyday lives.

One way this threat can be combated is by teaching more people how to hack. Systems developed without aggressive security analysis tend to be vulnerable, and it is now common for organisations to employ white-hat hackers (known as penetration testers) to attempt to break into their systems.

This session will give students the opportunity to try hacking into a web service. With pointers from the team and a little guidance, your students will start to explore the ways in which software bugs, poor design decisions and misconfiguration can allow an attacker access to data that should be private.

Session length: 2 hours
Capacity: 30