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Layers of Defence

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A company's staff password is stolen in a data breach. Which single defence would still stop the criminal from logging in with it?

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Cyber Security — Lesson 5 of 6. Defence in depth: how firewalls, anti-malware, encryption, strong passwords + 2FA, software updates/patching, backups and user access levels work together as layers protecting a system. Uses the interactive security-layers model.

16 slides.

Lesson outline

  1. Hook — One Lock, Many Attacks
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. Keywords for This Lesson
  4. Defence in Depth — What It Is and What It Is Not
  5. Hinge Check — Is One Strong Layer Enough?
  6. The Security Layers Model
  7. Task 1 (guided) — Sort the Defences by What They Do
  8. The Defences — Outer Layers
  9. Task 2 (semi-guided) — Match Each Defence to Its Job
  10. The Defences — Protecting Access & Data
  11. Check — Encryption or Something Else?
  12. The Defences — Keeping It Recoverable
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