11-12 Cybersecurity

9-12.CY.1 Determine the types of personal and organizational information and digital resources that an individual may have access to that needs to be protected. 

Clarifying Statement The emphasis is on identifying both personal information and organizational information, and devices and embedded systems, that an individual may have access to and that adversaries may want to compromise, obtain, or leverage. 

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9-12.CY.3 Explain specific trade-offs when selecting and implementing security recommendations. 

Clarifying Statement The focus is on making security recommendations and discussing tradeoffs between the degree of confidentiality, the need for data integrity, the availability of information for legitimate use, and assurance that the information provided is genuine. 

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9-12.CY.5 Recommend multiple actions to take prior and in response to various types of digital security breaches. 

Clarifying Statement The emphasis is on analyzing different types of breaches and planning appropriate actions that might be taken to prevent and respond to a security breach. 

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