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About the course
This short course provides hands-on training in physical penetration testing used to assess and strengthen organisational security. You will learn authorised methods to find vulnerabilities in physical systems, covering HID-based attacks, RF security and credential cloning, bug sweeping, lock picking and bypass, and professional assessment reporting. Social engineering scenarios such as pretexting, tailgating and impersonation are included, with strong emphasis on lawful and ethical rules of engagement.
Career outcome
This course supports entry or upskilling for roles involved in physical security assessment and cyber-physical risk testing. Skills apply to security consulting and in-house security teams performing authorised audits of access control, surveillance risks, and human-factor vulnerabilities. It may benefit aspiring penetration testers, security analysts, and protective security practitioners who contribute to assessments, documentation and reporting. This is a non-award, hands-on training course in physical penetration testing within IT & Computer Science.
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