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AP Cybersecurity

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AP Cybersecurity covers the CIA triad, threats and vulnerabilities, access control and authentication, cryptography, network security, secure software, incident response, and security policy, law and ethics. It is a new course, so no released exams exist yet and the Course and Exam Description is the authority on what is examinable.

The reasoning is defensive. A question is usually "here is a system, what could go wrong and what would you do about it" — which needs a named threat, a named control, and a reason the control addresses that threat.

Learn the vocabulary precisely. Authentication is not authorisation; hashing is not encryption; a vulnerability is not a threat. These distinctions are what questions are built on.

Notes follow the CED across threats, cryptography, networking and defence, with practical examples you can try in the browser. Because the course is new, the library carries the sample questions released so far rather than a run of past papers.

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Past Papers
  • 1

    Introduction to Security

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    • 1.1 Understanding Social Engineering
    • 1.2 Suspicious Website Logins
    • 1.3 Best Practices for Public Networks
    • 1.4 AI-Based Cybersecurity Attacks
    • 1.5 Leveraging AI in Cyber Defense
    • 1.5 Exam tips
  • 2

    Securing Spaces

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    • 2.1 Cyber Foundations
    • 2.2 Physical Vulnerabilities and Attacks
    • 2.3 Protecting Physical Spaces
    • 2.4 Detecting Physical Attacks
    • 2.4 Exam tips
  • 3

    Securing Networks

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    • 3.1 Network Vulnerabilities and Attacks
    • 3.2 Protecting Networks: Managerial Controls and Wireless Security
    • 3.3 Protecting Networks: Segmentation
    • 3.4 Protecting Networks: Firewalls
    • 3.5 Detecting Network Attacks
    • 3.5 Exam tips
  • 4

    Securing Devices

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    • 4.1 Device Vulnerabilities and Attacks
    • 4.2 Authentication
    • 4.3 Protecting Devices
    • 4.4 Detecting Attacks on Devices
    • 4.4 Exam tips
  • 5

    Securing Applications and Data
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    • 5.1 Application and Data Vulnerabilities and Attacks
    • 5.2 Protecting Applications and Data: Managerial Controls and Access Controls
    • 5.3 Protecting Stored Data with Cryptography
    • 5.4 Asymmetric Cryptography
    • 5.5 Protecting Applications
    • 5.6 Detecting Attacks on Data and Applications
    • 5.6 Exam tips

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