Cybersecurity

Pathway:  Computer & Digital Technologies

Grades: 11, 12
Credit: 1 Fine/Practical Arts or Elective

In this one-year course students will explore the current cyber threat landscape to understand the types of adversaries organizations face and the techniques adversaries use to compromise systems and data.  Students will learn how vulnerabilities create risks and how organizations implement security controls to manage that risk.  Topics in this course include law, ethics, physical, operational, application and network security, security controls, cryptography, access control, attacks and detection, and response and recovery. Students will research emerging trends in cybersecurity and gain hands-on experience implementing security protocols.

Counseling Notes:
1. Prerequisite: Coding I or  AP Computer Science Principles or teacher approval

2. Students may opt into the AP Networking & AI Cybersecurity Exam. If they opt into the AP Exam they are responsible for the cost of the exam.

Course fee: $20.00

POSSIBLE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CYBER SECURITY:

• Cyber Crime Investigator 
• Cybersecurity Consultant 
• IT Auditor 
• Software Development
• Cybersecurity Engineer

Instructor: Bobbie Bastian