High Cybersecurity Essentials

Segment 1:

Module 01: Preserving Cybersecurity

• Security Breaches
• Intrusion
• Cyberattacks
• Defense Mechanisms
• Careers in Preserving Cybersecurity

Module 02: Vulnerabilities

• Footprinting and Port Scanning
• DoS and DDoS Attacks
• Attack Mechanisms
• Cryptographic Algorithms
• Cryptography and Digital Signatures

Module 03: Access Control

• Types of access control
• Firewalls
• Intrusion Prevention
• Access Management
• Access Control Careers/CIRT

 

Segment 2:

Module 04: Intrusion Detection Systems

• IDS Basics
• IDS Essentials
• Security Appliances
• Network Monitoring
• Cybersecurity Professional Organizations

Module 05: Network Security

• Virtual Computing
• Social Engineering
• Network Design Principles
• Careers in Network Security

Module 06: Cybersecurity and the Workplace

• Cybersecurity and Workplace Safety
• Leadership
• Career Search
• Résumés and Cover Letters

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple-choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.