AP Cybersecurity - Explore | CodeHS

Introduction to Security

1.1 Welcome to Cybersecurity!

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1.2 The Rules of the Game

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1.3 The Tricks Behind Every Scam (Understanding Social Engineering)

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1.4 Lock It Down With Better Passwords (Suspicious Website Logins)

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1.5 The Threat Landscape (Best Practices for Public Networks)

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1.6 AI Has Entered the Chat (AI-Based Cybersecurity Attacks)

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1.7 Using AI as Your Defense (AI-Based Cybersecurity Attacks)

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1.8 When AI and Humans Team Up (Leveraging AI in Cyber Defense)

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1.9 The AI Security Guard (Leveraging AI in Cyber Defense)

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1.10 Introduction to Security Quiz

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Securing Spaces

2.1 The Art of Deception (Cyber Foundations)

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2.2 Anatomy of a Cyberattack (Cyber Foundations)

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2.3 Breaking In and Staying In (Cyber Foundations)

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2.4 The Attacker's Endgame (Cyber Foundations)

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2.5 Risk Fundamentals: What Could Go Wrong? (Cyber Foundations)

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2.6 Risky Business: Turning Risk Into a Plan (Cyber Foundations)

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2.7 The Risk Response Playbook (Cyber Foundations)

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2.8 Building Strong Cyber Defenses (Cyber Foundations)

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2.9 Capstone: Coffee Shop Consultant (Cyber Foundations)

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2.10 The Physical Side of Cyber Threats (Physical Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

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2.11 The Fallout From a Physical Breach (Physical Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

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2.12 Mapping the Risks Around You (Physical Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

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2.13 Small Habits, Big Security Impact (Protecting Physical Spaces)

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2.14 Layers of Protection in the Physical World (Protecting Physical Spaces)

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2.15 Caught on Camera (Detecting Physical Attacks)

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2.16 Who's Getting In? (Detecting Physical Attacks)

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2.17 Secure the Building (Detecting Physical Attacks)

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2.18 Securing Spaces Quiz

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)

3.17 Evaluating Detection Methods (Detecting Network Attacks)

3.18 The Story in the Logs (Detecting Network Attacks)

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3.19 Securing Networks Quiz

Securing Devices

4.1 Everything is a Computer (Device Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

4.2 The Adversary's Toolkit (Device Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

4.3 How Adversaries Get In (Device Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

4.4 What's Worth Protecting? (Device Vulnerabilities and Attacks)

4.5 Cracking the Hash (Authentication)

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4.6 Passwords Under Attack (Authentication)

4.7 Can You Prove It's You? (Authentication)

4.8 Capstone: The Riverside High Security Breach (Authentication)

4.9 Writing the Rules Devices Follow (Protecting Devices)

4.10 Defend the Device (Protecting Devices)

4.11 Host Firewalls (Protecting Devices)

4.12 Capstone: Device Defense-In-Depth (Protecting Devices)

4.13 Inside the Security Logs (Detecting Attacks on Devices)

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4.14 Smart Detection Choices (Detecting Attacks on Devices)

4.15 Detecting Password Attacks in the Wild (Detecting Attacks on Devices)

4.16 Capstone: Detection Across the Stack (Detecting Attacks on Devices)

4.17 Securing Devices Quiz

Securing Applications and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

5.11 Tools for AES (Protecting Stored Data with Cryptography)

5.12 Two Keys Are Better Than One (Asymmetric Cryptography)

5.13 More Keys Than Stars (Asymmetric Cryptography)

5.14 Tools for RSA (Asymmetric Cryptography)

5.15 Capstone: The VitalLink Security Consult (Asymmetric Cryptography)

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

5.17 User Input Sanitization (Protecting Applications)

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

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

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

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