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Cyber Security: Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Protection

10th Grade · Technology · UK GCSE

8 lessons

Goal

Identify forms of cyber attack, methods of finding vulnerabilities, and ways to protect systems using validation and authentication.

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  1. Applying the STRIDE Model to Digital SystemsUp next
  2. Social Engineering: Exploiting Human BehaviourNot started yet
  3. Technical Attacks: Malware, DoS and SQL InjectionNot started yet
  4. Identifying Vulnerabilities in a SystemNot started yet
  5. Designing Security In: Protecting Systems from the StartNot started yet
  6. Validation: Checking Input Is Safe and CorrectNot started yet
  7. Authentication: Verifying Who a User IsNot started yet
  8. Encryption and Firewalls: Protecting Data in TransitYou are here
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Learning standards covered

gbCS-12General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Computer-science · 10th Grade

Understand cyber security: forms of attack (based on technical weaknesses and behaviour), methods of identifying vulnerabilities, and ways to protect software systems during design, creation, testing, and use

gbCS-17General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Computer-science · 10th Grade

Use appropriate security techniques, including validation and authentication