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Validation: Checking Input Is Safe and Correct
Apply range, length, format and presence checks to validate user input in a program.
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Cyber Security: Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Protection
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Goal
Identify forms of cyber attack, methods of finding vulnerabilities, and ways to protect systems using validation and authentication.
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Learning standards covered
CS-17General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Computer-science · 10th GradeUse appropriate security techniques, including validation and authentication
CS-16General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Computer-science · 10th GradeDesign, write, test and refine programs, using one or more high-level programming language with a textual program definition, either to a specification or to solve a problem