What Is Cyber Security?
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- 11 questions
- 34 marks
- about 40 minutes
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Which of these is the best definition of cyber security?
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About this resource
Discover why cyber security matters, what we are trying to protect (personal data, money and accounts), the three big goals of keeping information safe, and an overview map of the threats explored across this unit.
15 slides.
Lesson outline
- Hook — Who Gets Attacked?
- Do Now — Recall & Connect
- Keywords for This Lesson
- Cyber Security — What It Is and What It Is Not
- What Are We Actually Protecting?
- Quick Check — The Master Key
- The Big Three: Keeping Data Safe
- Check — Which Goal Was Broken?
- A Map of the Threats
- Defence in Depth
- Hinge Check — Is Antivirus Enough?
- Task — Classify the Incident
Unit bundleCyber Security


