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Course · AL
Cybersecurity I
Career and Technical Education, Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)
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Cybersecurity I is designed to provide an entry into the quickly growing field of cybersecurity. It focuses on building key concepts and exploring the range and scope of the cybersecurity field. The course also looks at best practices, the importance of maintaining a high level of ethical behavior, the provisions and rationale for government regulations and laws, and the consequences of failure to abide by these rules.
Identify and discuss ethical considerations and consequences resulting from technological advancesResearch and discuss federal laws, regulations, and agencies that govern online activities and individualGather and share information regarding ethical standards which apply to cybersecurity professionalsDescribe national and international standards and frameworks related to security operationsIdentify security policies related to the employees of organizations or businessesExplain and differentiate among identification, authentication, authorization, and accounting for controlling accessExplain the principle of least privilege as it relates to account policyPerform the specific duties associated with using an administrator/root account in a given computer systemSelect and implement user account management controls for a given scenarioImplement secure password and account policies in an operating systemPerform basic system audits and analyze log files in a given scenarioUse the command/terminal line to configure security settingsPerform basic system administration tasks in more than one operating systemDifferentiate among types of networking cable mediums and standards to determine which type to use in a given situationCompare and contrast notational systems, including binary, hexadecimal, decimal, and ASCIIIdentify and describe common TCP and UDP ports and servicesClassify IP addresses according to IPv4 and IPv6, private and public IP ranges, and special IPsUse subnetting to determine the number of hosts and/or subnets on a given networkDifferentiate between the OSI and TCP/IP models, layers, encapsulation, and decapsulationUse various network tools in computer operating systems environmentsPerform an install of an operating system in a virtual environmentApply the parts of the CIA triad (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) to a given security scenarioDescribe various types of physical security controls and explain their importanceAnalyze attributes of various types of malware and other attacks to determine the key characteristics of each typeDescribe various types of social engineeringDescribe various types of application attacks and threatsAnalyze types of network attacksDescribe different types of threat actors and threat vectorsPredict security concerns and possible vulnerabilities associated with system hardeningDescribe the techniques used in security assessments