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AP Cybersecurity
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- Course & Exam Description
- Revision Sheet
- Syllabus Checklist
- Scheme of Work
- Exam Technique
- Command Words — A3 poster
- Lesson Plans — one page per topic
- Class Mark Book
1. Introduction to Security 15 files
2. Securing Spaces 14 files
3. Securing Networks 19 files
4. Securing Devices 16 files
5. Securing Applications and Data 22 files
- AP Cybersecurity — Question index
- 1.1 Understanding Social Engineering
- 2.1 Cyber Foundations
- 2.2 Physical Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- 3.1 Network Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- 3.4 Protecting Networks: Firewalls
- 3.5 Detecting Network Attacks
- 4.2 Authentication
- 4.4 Detecting Attacks on Devices
- 5.1 Application and Data Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- 5.2 Protecting Applications and Data: Managerial Controls and Access Controls
- 5.5 Protecting Applications
- 5.6 Detecting Attacks on Data and Applications
Topic quizzes
- 1. Introduction to Security
- 2. Securing Spaces
- 3. Securing Networks
- 4. Securing Devices
- 5. Securing Applications and Data
Starter quizzes
Unit tests
Course companion
Glossary
Topic handouts
- 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
- 2.1 Cyber Foundations
- 2.2 Physical Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- 2.3 Protecting Physical Spaces
- 2.4 Detecting Physical Attacks
- 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
- 4.1 Device Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- 4.2 Authentication
- 4.3 Protecting Devices
- 4.4 Detecting Attacks on Devices
- 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
Lesson slides
- 1. Introduction to Security
- 2. Securing Spaces
- 3. Securing Networks
- 4. Securing Devices
- 5. Securing Applications and Data
Lesson slides
- 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
- 2.1 Cyber Foundations
- 2.2 Physical Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- 2.3 Protecting Physical Spaces
- 2.4 Detecting Physical Attacks
- 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
- 4.1 Device Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- 4.2 Authentication
- 4.3 Protecting Devices
- 4.4 Detecting Attacks on Devices
- 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
Vocabulary lists
- 1. Introduction to Security
- 2. Securing Spaces
- 3. Securing Networks
- 4. Securing Devices
- 5. Securing Applications and Data
Flashcards
Weekly vocab tests
- Week 1 · Topics 1–5 · Introduction to Security, Securing Spaces, Securing Networks, Securing Devices, Securing Applications and Data
- Week 2 · Topics 1–5 · Introduction to Security, Securing Spaces, Securing Networks, Securing Devices, Securing Applications and Data
- Week 3 · Topics 1–5 · Introduction to Security, Securing Spaces, Securing Networks, Securing Devices, Securing Applications and Data
- Week 4 · Topics 1–5 · Introduction to Security, Securing Spaces, Securing Devices, Securing Applications and Data
- Week 5 · Topics 1–5 · Introduction to Security, Securing Spaces, Securing Networks, Securing Devices, Securing Applications and Data
- Week 6 · Topics 1–5 · Introduction to Security, Securing Spaces, Securing Devices, Securing Applications and Data
- Week 7 · Topics 1–5 · Introduction to Security, Securing Spaces, Securing Networks, Securing Devices, Securing Applications and Data
- Week 8 · Topics 1–5 · Introduction to Security, Securing Spaces, Securing Networks, Securing Devices, Securing Applications and Data
- Week 9 · Topics 2–5 · Securing Spaces, Securing Networks, Securing Devices, Securing Applications and Data
Weekly homework
Exercise sheets
- Complete pack — exercise sheets + past papers
- 1 Introduction to Security — Part 1
- 1 Introduction to Security — Part 2
- 2 Securing Spaces — Part 1
- 2 Securing Spaces — Part 2
- 3 Securing Networks — Part 1
- 3 Securing Networks — Part 2
- 4 Securing Devices — Part 1
- 4 Securing Devices — Part 2
- 5 Securing Applications and Data — Part 1
- 5 Securing Applications and Data — Part 2
Past papers
- 1.1 Understanding Social Engineering
- 2.1 Cyber Foundations
- 2.2 Physical Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- 3.1 Network Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- 3.4 Protecting Networks: Firewalls
- 3.5 Detecting Network Attacks
- 4.2 Authentication
- 4.4 Detecting Attacks on Devices
- 5.1 Application and Data Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- 5.2 Protecting Applications and Data: Managerial Controls and Access Controls
- 5.5 Protecting Applications
- 5.6 Detecting Attacks on Data and Applications
Tips
There are no released past papers for this course yet. The sample questions in the Course and Exam Description are the closest thing available, and they are worth working carefully rather than skimming.
Use the CED's learning objectives as your checklist. Each one states what you must be able to *do*, and the sample questions show what that looks like when it is examined.
Practise writing short scenario answers in the threat–control–justification shape. It is the form nearly every extended question here takes, and it is easy to build before the first real papers exist.