Introduction to Hardware Technology is the foundational course for the Cybersecurity pathway.
This course is designed for high school students to understand, communicate, and adapt to a digital world as it impacts their personal life, society, and the business world.
Exposure to foundational knowledge in hardware, IT support, networks, and cybersecurity, Employability skills, problem solving.
Employability skills are integrated into activities, tasks, and projects throughout the course standards to demonstrate the skills required by business and industry.
Competencies in the co-curricular student organizations, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and CyberPatriot, are integral components of both the employability skills standards and content standards for this course.
Introduction to Cybersecurity is designed to provide students the basic concepts and terminology of cybersecurity.
The course examines how the concept of security integrates into the importance of user involvement, security training, ethics, trust, application of cybersecurity practices and devices, and best practices management.
The fundamental skills cover internal and external threats to network security and design, how to enforce network level security policies, how to protect an organization’s information, and a broad range of other topics.
Introduction to Cybersecurity is the second course in the Cybersecurity career pathway.
Students enrolled in this course should have successfully completed Introduction to Hardware Technology.
Advanced Cybersecurity is designed to provide students the advanced concepts and terminology of cybersecurity.
The course explores the field of cybersecurity with updated content including new innovations in technology and methodologies.
It builds on existing concepts introduced in Introduction to Cybersecurity and expands into malware threats, cryptography, organizational security, and wireless technologies.
Advanced Cybersecurity is the third course in the Cybersecurity career pathway
Students enrolled in this course should have successfully completed Introduction to Hardware Technology and Introduction to Cybersecurity.
*Upon successful completion of all three courses and graduation, students will receive a diploma seal indicating pathway completion.