Virginia Cybersecurity Fundamentals
- Level High School
- Contact Hours 125
- Timeframe Year
This course introduces the principles of cybersecurity, emerging technologies, threats and protective measures, and investigates the diverse high-skill, high-wage, and high-demand career opportunities in the field of cybersecurity.
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What is Cybersecurity?
Students explore the basics of cybersecurity, why cybersecurity is important, recent threats to cybersecurity, and different careers in the field. |
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Digital Citizenship and Cyber Hygiene
Students learn digital etiquette on how to use world wide web safely, ethically, and effectively. |
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Project: Public Service Announcement
Students create a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to teach their peers about digital citizenship and cyber hygiene. |
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System Administration
Students investigate security options and implement user accounts to enforce authentication and authorization. |
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Software Security
Students learn basic SQL and common attacks like SQLi, and solutions for flawed security systems. |
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Project: Put it in Writing!
Students develop a training policy that informs employees on matters of network security and detail the company policy on preventative measures employees should take. |
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The ABCs of Cryptography
Students dive into the history of cryptography systems, the motivation behind using encryption systems, and basic cryptography systems. |
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Networking Fundamentals
Students explore the structure and design of the internet and networks, and how this design affects the reliability of network communication, the security of data, and personal privacy. |
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IT Infrastructure
Students learn about the physical elements of computers and networking, such as motherboards, RAM, routers, and the use of port numbers, ethernet, and wireless devices. |
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Project: Troubleshooting
Students explore the troubleshooting methodology and utilize it to solve sample IT support issues. |
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Project: IT Professional
Students explore cybersecurity career pathways and build skills that will be needed within these fields such as communication. |
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Risk Management
Students conduct a security audit and examine port scanning, packet sniffing, and proxy servers to discover exploits in a system. |
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Final Exam
Students demonstrate mastery of topics learned throughout the course. |
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