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AP Cybersecurity

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Introduction to Security
Securing Spaces
Securing Networks

3.1 How Network Traffic Moves (Network Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

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3.2 Traffic in the Wrong Hands (Network Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

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3.3 Misdirected and Overwhelmed (Network Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

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3.4 How Adversaries Get Into Your Network (Network Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

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3.5 Think Like a Security Analyst (Network Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

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3.6 The Network's Rulebook Protecting Networks: Managerial Controls and Wireless Security

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3.7 Locking Down the Airwaves (Protecting Networks: Managerial Controls and Wireless Security)

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3.8 Network Segmentation (Protecting Networks: Segmentation)

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3.9 Guarding the Gate (Protecting Networks: Firewalls)

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3.10 The Rules of the Firewall (Protecting Networks: Firewalls)

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3.11 Where to Build the Walls (Protecting Networks: Firewalls)

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3.12 Writing the Rulebooks (Protecting Networks: Firewalls)

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3.13 Capstone: Firewalls in Practice (Protecting Networks: Firewalls)

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3.14 The Automated Detectors (Detecting Network Attacks)

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3.15 AI-Powered Threat Detection (Detecting Network Attacks)

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3.16 Choosing Between Detection Methods (Detecting Network Attacks)

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3.17 Evaluating Detection Methods (Detecting Network Attacks)

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3.18 The Story in the Logs (Detecting Network Attacks)

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3.19 Securing Networks Quiz

Securing Devices
Securing Applications and Data

5.1 The Access Problem (Application and Data Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

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5.2 When Input Becomes an Attack (Application and Data Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

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5.3 When the Boundaries Break (Application and Data Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

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5.4 How Do You Measure Risk? (Application and Data Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

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5.5 Data in the Wrong Hands: Classification, Regulation & Policy (Protecting Applications and Data)

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5.6 Who Gets In? Access Control Models (Protecting Applications and Data)

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5.7 Locking Down Files: Linux Permissions (Protecting Applications and Data)

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5.8 Capstone: Defending a Real System (Protecting Applications and Data)

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5.9 Keys, Blocks, and Streams (Protecting Stored Data with Cryptography)

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5.10 The Advanced Encryption Standard (Protecting Stored Data with Cryptography)

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5.11 Tools for AES (Protecting Stored Data with Cryptography)

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5.12 Two Keys Are Better Than One (Asymmetric Cryptography)

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5.13 More Keys Than Stars (Asymmetric Cryptography)

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5.14 Tools for RSA (Asymmetric Cryptography)

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5.15 Capstone: The VitalLink Security Consult (Asymmetric Cryptography)

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5.16 Secure by Design & Secure by Default (Protecting Applications)

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5.17 User Input Sanitization (Protecting Applications)

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5.18 Catching the Intruder: How Systems Detect Attacks (Detecting Attacks on Data and Applications)

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5.19 Choosing the Right Controls (Detecting Attacks on Data and Applications)

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5.20 Verifying File Integrity with Hashes (Detecting Attacks on Data and Applications)

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5.21 Reading the Attack: Log Analysis for Application Attacks (Detecting Attacks on Data and Applications)

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5.22 Securing Applications and Data Quiz