6 – Being part of the solution

🎯 Learning Objectives

Develop the Communication and Networks Learning Strands:

  • To evaluate the potential for cybersecurity careers
  • To apply knowledge of cybersecurity to an assessment
💬 Key Vocabulary

  • encryption
  • Manifesto
  • Anti-malware
  • social engineering
  • folder permissions/privileges
  • spoofing

📖 Cybercrime – The problem that affects the whole world

Do you remember this Threat Map from Lesson 1?threatmap.checkpoint.com.

You can see that the issue of cybercrime and cybersecurity affects the whole world.

📝 CyberFirst manifesto

Watch this video

Are you interested in a career in cybersecurity?

📝 CyberFirst bursaries and apprenticeships

Watch this video

Are you interested in a career in cybersecurity?

📝 BBC news story: White hat hacker

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In this lesson, you…

Evaluated the potential for cybersecurity careers

Applied knowledge of cybersecurity to an assessment

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