CyberSecurity Essentials
- Information Technology Domain -
The ICT CyberSecurity Essentials course focuses on fundamentals of personal online security and safety. Students will:
- Define challenges and solutions of cybersecurity, including Internet and social media safety, cyber-ethics, and copyright issues
- Learn about threats to computer systems and ways to secure their computers
- Learn topics especially relevant to students, such as cyberbullying, inappropriate texting, online gaming, and risk mitigation for young or new users of online media
Course Table of Contents
Lesson 1: Protecting Your Identity
Lesson Sections
- Protect Your Identity and Your Privacy
Suggested activity
- Logging My Daily Schedule (Hands-on)
Case Study
- Safety and Revealing Too Much (Team)
Lesson 1 Quiz
Lesson 2: Safety Risks in Online Activities
Lesson Sections
- Managing Online Risks
Suggested Activities
- Creating a PSA to Raise Cyberbullying Awareness (Team)
- Creating a Video PSA to Raise Cyberbullying Awareness (Team)
- Analyzing inappropriate texting Scenarios (Teacher-Led)
Lesson 2 Quiz
Lesson 3: Legal and Ethical Issues of Internet Content
Lesson Sections
- Copyright and Fair Use
- Citing Sources
Suggested Activities
- Presenting Fair Use Guidelines (Team)
- Analyzing Copyright Scenarios (Teacher-Led)
- Internet Searching Techniques (Hands-on)
- Favorite Sport Report (Hands-on)
Lesson 3 Quiz
Lesson 4: Protecting your Computer from Security Threats
Lesson Sections
- Securing your Computer
Suggested Activities
- Creating a CyberShield (Hands-on)
- Creating a Digital Bill of Rights (Team)
Case Studies
- Security and Avoiding P2P (Team)
- Security and Surfing the ‘Net (Team)
